Multi-step polynomial regression method to model and forecast malaria incidence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Chatterjee, Chandrajit ^a   Sarkar, Ram Rup ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; INDIA; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYNOMIAL REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VALIDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

CLIMATE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALARIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 62749134546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004726     Document Type: Article

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