EPIPOI: A user-friendly analytical tool for the extraction and visualization of temporal parameters from epidemiological time series

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Alonso, Wladimir J ^a   McCormick, Benjamin J J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalies; Data visualization; Epidemiology; Seasonality; Time series; Trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; SOFTWARE; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84868677901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-982     Document Type: Article

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