Feasibility of satellite image-based sampling for a health survey among urban townships of Lusaka, Zambia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-78

  Lowther, Sara A ^a,b   Curriero, Frank C ^b   Shields, Timothy ^b   Ahmed, Saifuddin ^b   Monze, Mwaka ^c   Moss, William J ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Health survey; Sampling; Satellite imagery; Zambia

Indexed keywords

GIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SATELLITE IMAGERY; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAMPLING; URBAN POPULATION; ZAMBIA;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; URBAN HEALTH; ZAMBIA;

AFRICA; LUSAKA [ZAMBIA]; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 58449121329     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02185.x     Document Type: Article

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