Guess who's not coming to dinner evaluating online restaurant reservations for disease surveillance

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Nsoesie, Elaine O ^a,b,c   Buckeridge, David L ^d,e,f   Brownstein, John S ^a,b,d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemics; Outbreaks; Population surveillance; Restaurants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; MEXICO; OUTBREAKS; UNITED STATES;

EPIDEMICS; OUTBREAKS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESTAURANTS;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; MEXICO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESTAURANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893582468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2998     Document Type: Article

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