Spatial and temporal structure of typhoid outbreaks in Washington, D.C., 1906-1909: Evaluating local clustering with the Gi* statistic

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hinman, Sarah E ^a   Blackburn, Jason K ^a   Curtis, Andrew ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; HISTORY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 33645968425     PISSN: 1476072X     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-5-13     Document Type: Article

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