Modelling malaria treatment practices in Bangladesh using spatial statistics

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Haque, Ubydul ^a,b,d   Scott, Lauren M ^c   Hashizume, Masahiro ^d   Fisher, Emily ^e   Haque, Rashidul ^a   Yamamoto, Taro ^d   Glass, Gregory E ^f  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c ESRI   (United States)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Geographically weighted regression (GWR); GIS; Hot spot analysis; Local Getis Ord Gi statistic; Malaria control; Malaria treatment; Spatial regression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BED NET; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG MISUSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FOREST; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN AREA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHY; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS;

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ANTIMALARIALS; BANGLADESH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALARIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84862798423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-63     Document Type: Article

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