Neighborhood geographic disparities in heart attack and stroke mortality: Comparison of global and local modeling approaches

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2014, Pages 109-123

  Odoi, Agricola ^a   Busingye, Doreen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Besag, York and Molli Model; Disparities; Geographically Weighted Generalized Linear Models (GWGLM); Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR); Myocardial infarction; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; DEATH; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEWBORN; RACE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; WIDOW; WINTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; TENNESSEE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910071672     PISSN: 18775845     EISSN: 18775853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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