Approaches to the evaluation of outbreak detection methods

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Watkins, Rochelle E ^a   Eagleson, Serryn ^a   Hall, Robert G ^b   Dailey, Lynne ^a   Plant, Aileen J ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Human Services ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BENCHMARKING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 33750621231     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-263     Document Type: Review

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