Are Neighborhood Sociocultural Factors Influencing the Spatial Pattern of Gonorrhea in North Carolina?

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 245-252

  Sullivan, Ashleigh B ^a   Gesink, Dionne C ^a   Brown, Patrick ^b   Zhou, Lutong ^b   Kaufman, Jay S ^c   Fitch, Molly ^d   Serre, Marc L ^d   Miller, William C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian Analysis; Gonorrhea; Social Epidemiology; Spatial Analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 79952080616     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.11.015     Document Type: Article

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