Spatio-temporal and stochastic modelling of severe acute respiratory syndrome

Geospatial Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 183-192

  Lai, Poh Chin ^a   Kwong, Kim Hung ^a   Wong, Ho Ting ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Early warning system; Estimating disease spread; Geographical information system; Hong Kong; Infectious disease epidemiology; SARS; Spatial modelling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CENSUSES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84888120791     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2013.65     Document Type: Article

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