Disease surveillance based on Internet-based linear models: An Australian case study of previously unmodeled infection diseases

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Rohart, Florian ^a   Milinovich, Gabriel J ^a,b   Avril, Simon M R ^c   Lê Cao, Kim Anh ^a   Tong, Shilu ^b   Hu, Wenbiao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c Freelance Developer   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERNET; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 85006802603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep38522     Document Type: Article

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