Model of cholera dissemination using geographic information systems and fuzzy clustering means: Case study, Chabahar, Iran

Public Health

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 881-887

  Pezeshki, Z ^a,b   Tafazzoli Shadpour, M ^a   Mansourian, A ^c   Eshrati, B ^d   Omidi, E ^c   Nejadqoli, I ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^c K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d ARAK UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chabahar; Cholera; Fuzzy clustering; GIS; Model

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASE; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GIS; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CHOLERA; CLIMATE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FUZZY SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; CLIMATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUZZY LOGIC; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

CHABAHAR; IRAN; SISTAN VA BALUCHESTAN;

EID: 84868204739     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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