Rise in malari1a incidence rates in south africa: A small-area spatial analysis of variation in time trends

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 257-264

  Kleinschmidt, Immo ^a   Sharp, Brian ^a   Mueller, Ivo ^b   Vounatsou, Penelope ^c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bayes theorem; Epidemiologic methods; Incidence; Malaria; Maps; Small area analysis

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; MALARIA; SMOOTHING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; SOUTH AFRICA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

SOUTH AFRICA;

BAYES THEOREM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; RISK FACTORS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036462478     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/155.3.257     Document Type: Article

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