Strengths and Weaknesses of Global Positioning System (GPS) Data-Loggers and Semi-structured Interviews for Capturing Fine-scale Human Mobility: Findings from Iquitos, Peru

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Paz Soldan, Valerie A ^a   Reiner Jr , Robert C ^b,c   Morrison, Amy C ^b,d   Stoddard, Steven T ^b,c   Kitron, Uriel ^c,e   Scott, Thomas W ^b,c   Elder, John P ^d   Halsey, Eric S ^f   Kochel, Tadeusz J ^f   Astete, Helvio ^f   Vazquez Prokopec, Gonzalo M ^c,e  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Virology Program   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERU; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; YOUNG ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; MIGRATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903475793     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002888     Document Type: Article

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