FluDetWeb: An interactive web-based system for the early detection of the onset of influenza epidemics

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Conesa, David ^a   Lpez Quílez, Antonio ^a   Martínez Beneito, Miguel Ngel ^a,b   Miralles, María Teresa ^c   Verdejo, Francisco ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Centro Superior de Investigacin en Salud Pblica   (Spain)

^c Área de Epidemiología   (Spain)

^d Consultoría Promedio ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; E-MAIL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 69449105706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-9-36     Document Type: Article

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