Using remotely sensed night-time light as a proxy for poverty in Africa

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Noor, Abdisalan M ^a   Alegana, Victor A ^a   Gething, Peter W ^a,b   Tatem, Andrew J ^a   Snow, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NIGHT; POVERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 55949104963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-6-5     Document Type: Article

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