Introduction to statistical methods for biosurveillance : with an emphasis on syndromic surveillance /

Presents basic and advanced methods with a focus on demonstrated added value for a broad class of public health surveillance problems.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fricker, Ronald D., Jr., 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Temas:
Public health surveillance.
Biosurveillance > methods
Bioterrorism > prevention & control
Communicable Disease Control > methods
Disease Outbreaks > prevention & control
Models, Statistical
Santé publique > Surveillance.
Public health surveillance
Biologische Waffe
Terrorismus
Prävention
Überwachung
Statistik
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Introduction to Biosurveillance: 1. Overview; 2. Biosurveillance data; Part II. Situational Awareness: 3. Situational awareness for biosurveillance; 4. Descriptive statistics for displaying the situation; 5. Statistical models for evaluating the situation; Part III. Early Event Detection: 6. Design and performance evaluation; 7. Univariate temporal methods; 8. Multivariate temporal methods; 9. Spatio-temporal methods; Part IV. Putting It All Together: 10. Simulating biosurveillance data; 11. Applying the temporal methods to real data; 12. Comparing methods to better understand and improve; 13. Frontiers, open questions, and future research.

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