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. 1988 Jun;78(6):686–688. doi: 10.2105/ajph.78.6.686

Public health at the 1984 Summer Olympics: the Los Angeles County experience.

B P Weiss 1, L Mascola 1, S L Fannin 1
PMCID: PMC1350284  PMID: 3285705

Abstract

During the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services used its active disease surveillance system to monitor disease occurrence and other health concerns. Reports were collected by telephone three times a week from 198 participating facilities including hospitals, prepaid health plans, private physicians, and Olympic sites. Background data were obtained two months preceding the Olympic events. Less illness was recorded during the Olympics than during the same period for the three preceding years.

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