Dealing with ecological fallacy in preparations for influenza pandemics: Use of a flexible environment for adaptation of simulations to household structures in local contexts

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 129, Issue , 2007, Pages 218-222

  Timpka, Toomas ^a   Morin, Magus ^b   Jenvald, Johan ^b   Gursky, Elin ^c   Eriksson, Henrik ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b VSL Research Labs   (Sweden)

^c ANSER   (United States)

Author keywords

basic reproduction rate; epidemiological simulations; health policy; influenza; public health informatics

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC HEALTH;

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SIMULATIONS; FLEXIBLE ENVIRONMENTS; GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURES; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA PANDEMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS;

ECOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 38449121908     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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