Performance of public health surveillance systems during the influenza A(H1N1) pandemic in the Americas: Testing a new method based on Benford's Law

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1827-1834

  Idrovo, A J ^a   Fernandez Nino J A ^b   Bojorquez Chapela I ^c   Moreno Montoya, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b Institute for Research   (Colombia)

^c EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA NORTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Analysis of data; epidemics; influenza; public health emerging infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENFORD LAW; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; AMERICAS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PANDEMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 80255132078     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881100015X     Document Type: Article

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