Validation of syndromic surveillance for respiratory infections

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 265.e1-

  Bourgeois, Florence T ^a,c,d   Olson, Karen L ^a,b,d   Brownstein, John S ^a,b,d   McAdam, Alexander J ^c   Mandl, Kenneth D ^a,b,d  

^a Division of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^b HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTEROVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 32944481468     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.11.022     Document Type: Article

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