Review of software for space-time disease surveillance

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Robertson, Colin ^a   Nelson, Trisalyn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA MANAGEMENT; DISEASE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SIMULATION; SOFTWARE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; SOFTWARE; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING;

EID: 77949441585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-16     Document Type: Review

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