The application of a novel 'rising activity, multi-level mixed effects, indicator emphasis' (RAMMIE) method for syndromic surveillance in England

Bioinformatics

Volumn 31, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 3660-3665

  Morbey, Roger A ^a   Elliot, Alex J ^a   Charlett, Andre ^a   Verlander, Neville Q ^a   Andrews, Nick ^a   Smith, Gillian E ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENGLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ALGORITHMS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84947782955     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btv418     Document Type: Article

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