Use of generalized linear mixed models in the spatial analysis of small-area malaria incidence rates in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 153, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1213-1221

  Kleinschmidt, I ^a   Sharp, B L ^a   Clarke, G P Y ^b   Curtis, B ^a   Fraser, C ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Malaria; Models; Spatial analysis; Statistical; Variogram

Indexed keywords

WATER;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MALARIA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CLIMATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALARIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0035876380     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/153.12.1213     Document Type: Article

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