Performance of public health surveillance systems during the influenza A(H1N1) pandemic in the Americas: testing a new method based on Benford's Law

The A(H1N1) influenza pandemic has been a challenge for public health surveillance systems in all countries. An objective evaluation has not been conducted, as yet, of the performance of those systems during the pandemic. This paper presents an algorithm based on Benford’s Law and the mortality rati...

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Autores Principales: Idrovo, A. J., Fernández-Niño, J. A., Bojórquez-Chapela, I., Moreno-Montoya, J.
Formato: Artículo (Article)
Lenguaje:Inglés (English)
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/26712
https://doi.org/10.1017/S095026881100015X