Systematic analysis of the scientific literature on population surveillance.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Population surveillance provides data on the health status of the population through continuous scrutiny of different indicators. Identifying risk factors is essential for the quickly detecting and controlling of epidemic outbreaks and reducing the incidence of cross-infections and non-communicable diseases. The objective of the present study is to analyze research on population surveillance, identifying the main topics of interest for investigators in the area.

Methodology

We included documents indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection in the period from 2000 to 2019 and assigned with the generic Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) "population surveillance" or its related terms ("public health surveillance," "sentinel surveillance" or "biosurveillance"). A co-oc

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez-Alcaide G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7528878 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature