A comparison of spatial and social clustering of cholera in Matlab, Bangladesh

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 490-497

  Giebultowicz, Sophia ^a,b   Ali, Mohammad ^c   Yunus, Mohammad ^d   Emch, Michael ^a,b  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Cholera transmission; Neighborhoods; Social networks

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; NEIGHBORHOOD; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHOLERA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL NETWORK;

BANGLADESH; MATLAB;

EID: 79952487123     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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