Syndromic surveillance and heat wave morbidity: A pilot study based on emergency departments in France

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Josseran, Loïc ^a   Caillère, Nadège ^a   Brun Ney, Dominique ^b   Rottner, Jean ^c   Filleul, Laurent ^d   Brucker, Gilles ^a   Astagneau, Pascal ^e  

^a French Institute for Public Health Surveillance   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c Mulhouse General Hospital   (France)

^d French Institute for Public Health Surveillance   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEHYDRATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEVER; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PILOT STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEHYDRATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEVER; FRANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62149129272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-9-14     Document Type: Article

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