The systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health data on an ongoing basis.

Synonyms: Surveillance Epidemiology / Surveillance surveillance

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Term information

ALT DEFINITION

In medicine, the ongoing collection of information about a disease, such as cancer, in a certain group of people. The information collected may include where the disease occurs in a population and whether it affects people of a certain gender, age, or ethnic group.

Legacy Concept Name

Surveillance

NCI META CUI

CL426379

Preferred Name

Surveillance

Semantic Type

Health Care Activity

code

C15719

imported from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ncit.owl

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