Decision Support System for the Response to Infectious Disease Emergencies Based on WebGIS and Mobile Services in China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Li, Ya pin ^a   Fang, Li qun ^a   Gao, Su qing ^b   Wang, Zhen ^b   Gao, Hong wei ^a   Liu, Peng ^b   Wang, Ze rui ^b   Li, Yan li ^a   Zhu, Xu guang ^b   Li, Xin lou ^a   Xu, Bo ^b   Li, Yin jun ^a   Yang, Hong ^a   de Vlas, Sake J ^c   Shi, Tao xing ^a   Cao, Wu chun ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIENT SERVER APPLICATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MICROCOMPUTER; MOBILE PHONE; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PROCESS DESIGN; QUESTIONNAIRE; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ALGORITHMS; CELLULAR PHONE; CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INTERNET; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84872773021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054842     Document Type: Article

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