Mapping the environmental and socioeconomic coverage of the INDEPTH international health and demographic surveillance system network

Health and Place

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 88-96

  Jia, Peng ^a   Sankoh, Osman ^b   Tatem, Andrew J ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Network Effectiveness and Safety Studies of Antimalarial Drugs in Africa   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e FLOWMINDER FOUNDATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Africa; Asia; Demographic surveillance sites; Health; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HEALTH SURVEY; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIOECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL CLASS;

AFRICA; ASIA;

AFRICA; ASIA; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84943647692     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.09.009     Document Type: Article

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