Evaluation of an internet-based monitoring system for influenza-like illness in Sweden

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Rehn, Moa ^a,b   Carnahan, AnnaSara ^a   Merk, Hanna ^a,c   Kühlmann Berenzon, Sharon ^a   Galanis, Ilias ^a   Linde, Annika ^a   Nyrén, Olof ^c  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER PREDICTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; INTERNET BASED MONITORING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEX RATIO; SWEDEN; WEB BROWSER; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SELF REPORT; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SELF REPORT; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901285577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096740     Document Type: Article

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