A space-time point process model for analyzing and predicting case patterns of diarrheal disease in northwestern Ecuador

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-35

  Ahn, Jaeil ^a   Johnson, Timothy D ^b   Bhavnani, Darlene ^b   Eisenberg, Joseph N S ^b   Mukherjee, Bhramar ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diarrheal disease; Kriging; LGCP; Poisson process; Prediction; Spatio temporal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DIARRHEA; ECUADOR; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; RIVER BASIN; SIMULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPACE TIME POINT PROCESS MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 84897429164     PISSN: 18775845     EISSN: 18775853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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