Spatio-temporal epidemiology: Principles and opportunities

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Meliker, Jaymie R ^a   Sloan, Chantel D ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Global positioning systems; Residential mobility; Small area analysis; Space time clustering; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MIGRATION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMAL AREA ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNCERTAINTY;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650520415     PISSN: 18775845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2010.10.001     Document Type: Review

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