Spatial dependency of V. cholera prevalence on open space refuse dumps in Kumasi, Ghana: A spatial statistical modelling

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Osei, Frank B ^a   Duker, Alfred A ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CHOLERA; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GIS; REFUSE; SANITATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; ASHANTI; GHANA; KUMASI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ARTICLE; CHOLERA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GHANA; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CHOLERA; DEMOGRAPHY; GHANA; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 58749111088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-62     Document Type: Article

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