Penalized likelihood and multi-objective spatial scans for the detection and inference of irregular clusters

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Cançado, André L F ^a   Duarte, Anderson R ^b   Duczmal, Luiz H ^c   Ferreira, Sabino J ^c   Fonseca, Carlos M ^d,e   Gontijo, Eliane C D M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CHAGAS DISEASE; DETECTION METHOD; GEOMETRY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PUERPERAL DISORDER; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INSECT VECTORS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77958522661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-55     Document Type: Article

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