Tuberculosis in intra-urban settings: A Bayesian approach

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 323-330

  Souza, Wayner V ^a,c   Carvalho, Marilia S ^a   Albuquerque, Maria De Fátima P M ^b   Barcellos, Christovam C ^a   Ximenes, Ricardo A A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c Núcleo de Tele Saúde NUTES Hospital das Clínicas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Deprivation; Epidemiological surveillance; Spatial Analysis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CALCULATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

BAYES THEOREM; BRAZIL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN HEALTH;

BRAZIL; OLINDA; PERNAMBUCO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33847170563     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01797.x     Document Type: Article

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