Virtual surveillance of communicable diseases: A 20-year experience in France

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 413-421

  Flahault, Antoine ^a,b,c   Blanchon, T ^a,b,c   Dorleans Y ^a,b,c   Toubiana, L ^a,b,c   Vibert, J F ^a,b,c   Valleron, A J ^a,b,c  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b Centre for Electronic Disease Surveillance   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; REVIEW;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC MEASUREMENTS; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34248222965     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280206071639     Document Type: Article

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