The Christmas e-list (an ode to big data)

Prince, Stephanie A

doi:10.5694/mja18.00838

Topics

Information science

Environment and public health

Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Correspondence: stephanie.princeware@canada.ca

Acknowledgements:

I thank Dr Melissa Baker, Dr Alejandra Dubois, Mr Sylvain Desmarais, Ms Laura Thompson, Dr Bernard Choi and Mr Gregory Butler for their feedback and edits of the poem. I am supported by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Health System Impact Fellowship.

Competing interests:

No relevant disclosures.

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