Voronoi distance based prospective space-time scans for point data sets: A dengue fever cluster analysis in a southeast Brazilian town

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Duczmal, Luiz H ^a   Moreira, Gladston J P ^a,b   Burgarelli, Denise ^a   Takahashi, Ricardo H C ^a   Magalhães, Flávia C O ^c   Bodevan, Emerson C ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^c Prefeitura de Belo Horizonte/MG   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DOS VALES DO JEQUITINHONHA E MUCURI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENGUE FEVER; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE INCIDENCE; GIS; HETEROGENEITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENGUE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME;

BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955023777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-10-29     Document Type: Article

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