Evaluation of school absenteeism data for early outbreak detection, New York City

• Auteurs principaux: Mostashari Farzad (Auteur), Heffernan Richard (Auteur), Besculides Melanie (Auteur), Weiss Don (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: BMC, 2005-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>School absenteeism data may have utility as an early indicator of disease outbreaks, however their value should be critically examined. This paper describes an evaluation of the utility of school absenteeism data for early outbreak d...