Web query-based surveillance in Sweden during the influenza A(H1N1)2009 pandemic, April 2009 to February 2010

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Hulth, A ^a   Rydevik, G ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RELIABILITY; SWEDEN; WEB BROWSER;

EID: 79956360352     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.16.18.19856-en     Document Type: Article

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