New media methods for syndromic surveillance and disease modelling

CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Walker, Josephine G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infectious disease outbreaks; Internet; Mobile; Social media; Surveillance; Telemedicine; Veterinary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885613097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PAVSNNR20138031     Document Type: Review

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