Generalizing the spatial relative risk function

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-10

  Sarojinie Fernando, W T P ^a   Hazelton, Martin L ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bandwidth selection; Covariate; Density ratio; Foot and mouth disease; Kernel density estimation; Spatio temporal

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FARM SIZE; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; INFECTION RISK; KERNEL METHOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84892961548     PISSN: 18775845     EISSN: 18775853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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