Geographical information systems-based spatial analysis and implications for syphilis interventions in Jiangsu province, people's republic of China

Geospatial Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-72

  Cheng, Yue Jia ^a   Norris, Jessie ^b   Bao, Chang Jun ^c   Liang, Qi ^c   Hu, Jian Li ^c   Wu, Ying ^c   Tang, Fen Yang ^c   Liu, Wen Dong ^c   Ding, Ke Qin ^a   Zhao, Yang ^a   Peng, Zhi Hang ^a   Yu, Rong Bin ^a   Wang, Hua ^c   Shen, Hong Bing ^a   Chen, Feng ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Geographical information systems; People's republic of china; Spatial autocorrelation analysis; Spatial correlation analysis; Syphilis; Trend surface analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879104182     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2012.105     Document Type: Article

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