Prediction of gastrointestinal disease with over-the-counter diarrheal remedy sales records in the San Francisco Bay Area

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Kirian, Michelle L ^a   Weintraub, June M ^a  

^a CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DIARRHEA; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; FORECASTING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; COMMERCE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FORECASTING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; NOROVIRUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SAN FRANCISCO;

EID: 77954669191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-10-39     Document Type: Article

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