Understanding the spatial diffusion process of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Beijing

Public Health

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1080-1087

  Meng, B ^a,b   Wang, J ^a   Liu, J ^a,b   Wu, J ^a   Zhong, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b BEIJING UNION UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; SARS; Spatial analysis; Spatial diffusion

Indexed keywords

HEALTH AND DISEASE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 27944473692     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.02.003     Document Type: Article

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