Meteorological parameters as predictors for seasonal influenza

Geocarto International

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-47

  Soebiyanto, Radina P ^a,b   Kiang, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ARIMA; influenza; MODIS; neural network; public health; TRMM

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FORECASTING METHOD; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA; MODIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAINFALL; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TRMM;

UNITED STATES;

EQUUS KIANG;

EID: 84899913728     PISSN: 10106049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2013.799717     Document Type: Article

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