Analysis of childhood morbidity with geoadditive probit and latent variable model: A case study for Egypt

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 116-128

  Khatab, Khaled ^a   Fahrmeir, Ludwig ^b  

^a NONE   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; EGYPT; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; RISK FACTOR; ADULT; BODY MASS; CHILD; MATERNAL AGE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COUGH; DIARRHEA; EGYPT; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORBIDITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67650315212     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.81.116     Document Type: Article

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