Spatial analysis of county-based gonorrhoea incidence in mainland China, from 2004 to 2009

Sexual Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 227-232

  Yin, Fei ^a   Feng, Zijian ^b   Li, Xiaosong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Bayesian smoothing; cluster detection; spatial analysis.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHINA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BAYES THEOREM; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84862555335     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH11052     Document Type: Article

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