A simulation study comparing aberration detection algorithms for syndromic surveillance

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Jackson, Michael L ^a,b   Baer, Atar ^a   Painter, Ian ^c   Duchin, Jeff ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Foundation for Health Care Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIC; LINEAR SYSTEM; MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYNDROME; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WASHINGTON;

EID: 33947205080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-7-6     Document Type: Article

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