Common errors in disease mapping

Geospatial Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-154

  Ocaña Riola, Ricardo ^a  

^a ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bayesian model; Disease mapping; Ecological design; Geographical information systems; Incidence; Morbidity; Mortality; Small area

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953071417     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2010.196     Document Type: Article

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