"Sentinel Surveillance" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Monitoring of rate of occurrence of specific conditions to assess the stability or change in health levels of a population. It is also the study of disease rates in a specific cohort such as in a geographic area or population subgroup to estimate trends in larger population. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D018571
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.250.700.650 E05.318.650 N05.715.360.300.375.625.650 N06.850.520.308.250.700.650 N06.850.520.699 N06.850.780.675.650
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| Concept/Terms |
Sentinel Surveillance- Sentinel Surveillance
- Sentinel Surveillances
- Surveillance, Sentinel
- Surveillances, Sentinel
Sentinel Health Event- Sentinel Health Event
- Event, Sentinel Health
- Events, Sentinel Health
- Health Event, Sentinel
- Health Events, Sentinel
- Sentinel Health Events
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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