Fine resolution mapping of population age-structures for health and development applications

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 12, Issue 105, 2015, Pages

  Alegana, V A ^a   Atkinson, P M ^a   Pezzulo, C ^a   Sorichetta, A ^a   Weiss, D ^b   Bird, T ^a   Erbach Schoenberg, E ^a   Tatem, A J ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d FLOWMINDER FOUNDATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Demography; Geo statistics; Mapping

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MAPPING; SURVEYS; TRAVEL TIME; VACCINES;

DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL PLANNING; GEO-STATISTICS; HEALTHCARE DELIVERY; NIGHT TIME LIGHTS; POPULATION CENSUS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL MODELS; VACCINATION STRATEGY;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ACCOUNTING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LAND USE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; VACCINATION; VEGETATION; AGE; BAYES THEOREM; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; POPULATION; PROCEDURES;

AGE FACTORS; BAYES THEOREM; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; NIGERIA; POPULATION;

EID: 84926334522     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2015.0073     Document Type: Article

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