Notifiable Disease Reporting among Physicians Practicing in Grenada
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Introduction Despite the significance of disease reporting to any health system, Grenada like most countries struggle with underreporting of notifiable diseases by physicians. In order to improve the national disease surveillance system in Grenada, it is critical understand the reasons for any underreporting. The study was conducted to determine physicians’ knowledge of notifiable reporting and to identify the barriers to reporting.
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دانش، نگرش و عملکرد پزشکان عمومی شهر قم در خصوص سیستم گزارشدهی بیماریها در سال 1388
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