Spatial analysis of learning and developmental disorders in upper Cape Cod, Massachusetts using generalized additive models

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hoffman, Kate ^a   Webster, Thomas F ^a   Weinberg, Janice M ^a   Aschengrau, Ann ^a   Janulewicz, Patricia A ^a   White, Roberta F ^a   Vieira, Verónica M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LEARNING; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CAPE COD; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 77949439476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-7     Document Type: Article

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