Automating Ambulatory Practice Surveillance for Influenza-Like Illness
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Evaluation of Electronic Ambulatory Care Data for Use in the Influenza-like Illness Surveillance Network (ILINet)
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عنوان ژورنال: Online Journal of Public Health Informatics
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1947-2579
DOI: 10.5210/ojphi.v8i1.6493