Including the third dimension: A spatial analysis of TB cases in Houston Harris County

Tuberculosis

Volumn 91, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Feske, Marsha L ^a,b   Teeter, Larry D ^a   Musser, James M ^a   Graviss, Edward A ^a,b  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Incidence; Public transportation; Surveillance; TB Control; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS; TRANSPORTATION; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84655167692     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: 1873281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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