AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
Volume 37, Issue 6 , Pages 500-504 , August 2009

How do Iranian physicians report notifiable diseases? The first report from Iran

  • Forouz Nader, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Forouz Nader, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Community Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, PO Box 71345-1737, Shiraz, Iran.
    • ,
  • Mehrdad Askarian, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Shiraz Nephro-Urology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

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 Conflict of interest: None to report.

PII: S0196-6553(08)00786-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.09.014

AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
Volume 37, Issue 6 , Pages 500-504 , August 2009

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