Open AccessComparing Two Epidemiologic Surveillance Methods to Assess Underestimation of Human Stampedes in India
Author(s) -
Ka Ming Ngai,
Wing Yan Lee,
Aditi Madan,
Saswata Sanyal,
Nobhojit Roy,
Frederick M. Burkle,
Edbert B. Hsu
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
plos currents
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.282
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 2157-3999
DOI - 10.1371/currents.dis.ab7f298c89854015b74856232c70b62c
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , class (philosophy) , event (particle physics) , demography , statistics , mathematics , computer science , pathology , artificial intelligence , physics , quantum mechanics , sociology
Two separate but complementary epidemiologic surveillance methods for human stampedes have emerged since the publication of the topic in 2009. The objective of this study is to estimate the degree of underreporting in India.