Based on the results of this questionnaire, APHEIS sent out a second
questionnaire to assess each centre's ability to implement, during the
second year of the APHEIS programme, the guide-lines drafted by the advisory
groups.
Results of the second questionnaire showed that:
- Most APHEIS centres are public-health institu-tions
- Few centres collect the needed data, but most have access to it
- The core set of health and air-quality data is available in most centres
- Lead times in obtaining data on health indicators are long and must
be taken into account.
It was thus determined that most centres can comply with the APHEIS
guidelines; that all centres can deliver standardised APHEIS reports;
and that some centres can provide periodic, advanced reports on specific
issues.