An exploratory spatial data analysis of low birth weight prevalence in Georgia

Applied Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-207

  Tu, Wei ^a   Tedders, Stuart ^a   Tian, Jie ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA); Georgia; Low birth weight prevalence; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CENSUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MINORITY GROUP; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL VARIATION; WEIGHT;

GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960314155     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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