Violent crime in San Antonio, Texas: An application of spatial epidemiological methods

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 301-309

  Sparks, Corey S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical model; Built environment; Disease mapping; Violent crime

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; LAND USE; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; BAYES THEOREM; CRIME; HOUSING; HUMANS; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEXAS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 82455210864     PISSN: 18775845     EISSN: 18775853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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