Spatial analysis of the distribution of leprosy in the state of Ceará, Northeast Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 683-686

  Montenegro, Ana Cláudia Dorta ^a   Werneck, Guilherme Loureiro ^b,c   Kerr Pontes, Ligia Regina Sansigolo ^a   Barreto, Maurício Lima ^d   Feldmeier, Hermann ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazil; Clustering; Incidence; Leprosy; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BRAZIL; CALCULATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

EID: 14044254871     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762004000700003     Document Type: Article

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