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Understanding the functional components of public health surveillance
  1. B C K Choi1,
  2. M Ackland2
  1. 1Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada, AL no 6701A, 120 Colonnade Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1B4, Canada; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada
  2. 2Health Surveillance and Evaluation Section, Rural and Regional Health and Aged Care Services Division, Victorian Department of Human Services, Melbourne, Australia
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr B C K Choi;
 BernardChoihc-sc.gc.ca

https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.57.10.783

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