Relative importance of climatic, geographic and socio-economic determinants of malaria in Malawi

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lowe, Rachel ^a,b   Chirombo, James ^c   Tompkins, Adrian M ^a  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b Climate Dynamics and Impacts Unit Institut Català de Ciències del Clima IC3   (Spain)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Climate; Confounding factors; Malaria; Random effects; Socio economic; Spatial correlation; Statistical model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAWI; MODEL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRECIPITATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALAWI; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER;

EID: 84887344886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-416     Document Type: Article

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