Surveillance of febrile patients in a district and evaluation of their spatiotemporal associations: A pilot study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Choi, Kin Wing ^a   Wong, Ngai Sze ^b   Lee, Lap Yip ^a   Lee, Shui Shan ^b  

^a ALICE HO MIU LING NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649294885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-84     Document Type: Article

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