A spatial analysis of individual and neighborhood-level determinants of malaria incidence in adults, Ontario, Canada

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 775-782

  Eckhardt, Rose ^a   Berrang Ford, Lea ^a   Ross, Nancy A ^a   Pillai, Dylan R ^b,c,e   Buckeridge, David L ^a,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MIGRATION; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PLASMODIUM; POPULATION DENSITY;

ADULT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MALE; ONTARIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84859870932     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1805.110602     Document Type: Article

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