Exploring geological and socio-demographic factors associated with under-five mortality in the Wenchuan earthquake using neural network model

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 184-196

  Hu, Yi ^a,b   Wang, Jinfeng ^b   Li, Xiaohong ^c   Ren, Dan ^c   Driskell, Luke ^d   Zhu, Jun ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

earthquake; Geographic Information System (GIS); neural network model; risk factors; under five mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; MORTALITY; RECONSTRUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SLOPE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; EARTHQUAKE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; EARTHQUAKES; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER);

CHINA; SICHUAN;

EID: 84859193842     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2011.613113     Document Type: Article

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