Catching the flu: Syndromic surveillance, algorithmic governmentality and global health security
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Catching the flu: Syndromic surveillance, algorithmic governmentality and global health security
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عنوان ژورنال: Security Dialogue
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0967-0106,1460-3640
DOI: 10.1177/0967010616666443