Protection from annual flooding is correlated with increased cholera prevalence in Bangladesh: A zero-inflated regression analysis

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Carrel, Margaret ^a   Voss, Paul ^b   Streatfield, Peter K ^c   Yunus, Mohammad ^c   Emch, Michael ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; CHOLERA; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENDEMISM; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODING; FLOW REGULATION; HEALTH SERVICES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHOLERA; EXPERIENCE; FLOODING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; DISASTER PLANNING; WATER FLOW;

BANGLADESH; MATLAB;

BANGLADESH; CHOLERA; DISASTER PLANNING; FLOODS; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 77950855539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-9-13     Document Type: Article

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