Affordable system for rapid detection and mitigation of emerging diseases

International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-90

  Waidyanatha, Nuwan ^a   Dubrawski, Artur ^b   Ganesan, M ^c   Gow, Gordon ^d  

^a LIRNEasia ^*  (China)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IITM's Rural Technology and Business Incubator   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alerting; Biosurveillance; Data Mining; Epidemiology; Interoperability; Mhealth; Spatio Temporal Analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872969353     PISSN: 1947315X     EISSN: 19473168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jehmc.2011010105     Document Type: Article

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