The Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Early Aberration Reporting System (EARS)

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Hutwagner, Lori ^a,c   Thompson, William ^b   Seeman, G Matthew ^a   Treadwell, Tracee ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^c Mail Stop C 18 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aberration detection; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; CUSUM

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISABILITY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

BIOTERRORISM; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141722717     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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