Estimating population size in emergencies

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 164-

  Noji, Eric K ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER SAMPLING; DISASTER; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN; PARTICIPATORY MAPPING; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; QUADRATE METHOD; SAMPLING; SPATIAL SAMPLING; T SQUARE ESTIMATION METHOD; TELECOMMUNICATION;

BIOMETRY; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 15244360928     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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