Potential versus revealed access to care during a dengue fever outbreak

Journal of Transport and Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2017, Pages 18-29

  Casas, Irene ^a   Delmelle, Eric ^b   Delmelle, Elizabeth C ^b  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dengue fever; Multilevel modeling; Revealed and potential accessibility; Travel times

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995538958     PISSN: 22141405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2016.08.001     Document Type: Article

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