Infant mortality and social environment in Georgia: An application of hotspot detection and prioritization

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 455-471

  Yang, Tse Chuan ^a   McManus, Brian ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hotspot detection; Infant mortality; Multicriteria prioritization; Social capital

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HOT SPOT; INFANT MORTALITY; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANKING; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

GEORGIA (REPUBLIC);

EID: 78650524360     PISSN: 13528505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10651-010-0166-4     Document Type: Article

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