A spatial statistical approach to malaria mapping

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 355-361

  Kleinschmidt, Immo ^a   Bagayoko, M ^b   Clarke, G P Y ^c   Craig, M ^a   Le Sueur, D ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO   (Mali)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Climatic factors; Disease maps; Geo statistics; Kriging; Malaria risk; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MALARIA; MAPPING;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALI; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034093070     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/29.2.355     Document Type: Article

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