Assessment of ambulance dispatch data for surveillance of influenza-like illness in Melbourne, Australia

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-168

  Coory, M D ^a   Kelly, H ^b   Tippett, V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^c Queensland Government Department of Emergency Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human; Influenza; Population surveillance; Public health informatics

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIC; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFLUENZA; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREATHING DISORDER; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; GENERAL PRACTICE; INFLUENZA; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REFERENCE DATABASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AMBULANCES; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MARKOV CHAINS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; SEASONS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 59849130028     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.10.027     Document Type: Article

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