Joint spatial modelling of common morbidities of childhood fever and diarrhoea in Malawi

Health and Place

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 165-172

  Kazembe, Lawrence N ^a,b   Muula, Adamson S ^c   Simoonga, Christopher ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Childhood fever and diarrhoea; Joint spatial analysis; Malawi; Shared component model

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; LAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 54549106909     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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