CASE: A framework for computer supported outbreak detection

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Cakici, Baki ^a,b   Hebing, Kenneth ^a   Grünewald, Maria ^a   Saretok, Paul ^a   Hulth, Anette ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER SYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; SWEDEN;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; SWEDEN;

EID: 77949430283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-10-14     Document Type: Article

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