Modeling emergency department visit patterns for infectious disease complaints: results and application to disease surveillance

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Concern over bio-terrorism has led to recognition that traditional public health surveillance for specific conditions is unlikely to provide timely indication of some disease outbreaks, either naturally occurring or induced by a biow...

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Main Authors: Picard Rick, Joyce Edward, Forslund David, Burr Tom, Brillman Judith C, Umland Edith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-03-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6947/5/4