Pandemic influenza planning: Using the U.S. Centers for Disease Control FluAid Software for small area estimation in the Canadian context

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-76

  Schopflocher, Donald P ^a,b   Russell, Margaret L ^c   Svenson, Lawrence W ^a,b   Nguyen, Thu Ha ^a   Mazurenko, Irene ^d  

^a Population Health Division   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d Alberta Cancer Board   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disease Outbreaks; Health Planning; Influenza; Software

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0345528229     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(03)00243-6     Document Type: Article

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