Appendix A — References

How to Cite This Handbook

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Tegomoh B. The Public Health AI Handbook: Evaluating AI Tools for Public Health Practice. 2025. doi:10.5281/zenodo.18263442

APA (7th Edition)

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@book{tegomoh2025publichealth,
  author = {Tegomoh, Bryan},
  title = {The Public Health AI Handbook: Evaluating AI Tools for
           Public Health Practice},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.18263442},
  url = {https://publichealthaihandbook.com},
  note = {Licensed under CC BY 4.0}
}

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BibTeX:

@incollection{tegomoh2025surveillance,
  author = {Tegomoh, Bryan},
  title = {AI-Enhanced Disease Surveillance},
  booktitle = {The Public Health AI Handbook},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://publichealthaihandbook.com/applications/surveillance.html},
  note = {Chapter in Part II: Current Applications}
}

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