Use of Risk Assessment and Likelihood Estimation to Analyze Spatial Distribution Pattern of Respiratory Infection Cases

Risk Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 351-369

  Sze To, Gin Nam ^a   Chao, Christopher Y H ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Infection risk assessment; Infectious respiratory diseases; Likelihood estimation; Retrospective analysis; Spatial infection pattern

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PULMONARY DISEASES; RISK PERCEPTION; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

INFECTION PATTERNS; INFLUENCING PARAMETERS; LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL TREATMENTS; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT MODELS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79952411736     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01525.x     Document Type: Article

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