Geographic epidemiology of gonorrhea in Baltimore, Maryland, using a Geographic Information System

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 709-716

  Becker, Karen M ^a,b   Glass, Gregory E ^b   Brathwaite, Wayne ^c   Zenilman, Jonathan M ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c STD Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Geography; Gonorrhea; Space time clustering

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032054028     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009513     Document Type: Article

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