Use of Hangeul Twitter to Track and Predict Human Influenza Infection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Kim, Eui Ki ^a   Seok, Jong Hyeon ^a   Oh, Jang Seok ^a   Lee, Hyong Woo ^a   Kim, Kyung Hyun ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84880826012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069305     Document Type: Article

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