title: Preface.
authors.forename: Henry R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Rolka
mesh_terms: D056808:Biostatistics / Q000379:methods; D055877:Biosurveillance / Q000379:methods*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001330:Electronic Data Processing / Q000379:methods*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000379:methods; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D013223:Statistics as Topic / Q000379:methods*