Reporting errors in infectious disease outbreaks, with an application to Pandemic Influenza A/H1N1

Epidemiologic Perspectives and Innovations

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  White, Laura F ^a   Pagano, Marcello ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEXICO; PANDEMIC;

EID: 78650074576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17425573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-5573-7-12     Document Type: Article

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