Correlates of county-level nonviral sexually transmitted infection hot spots in the US: application of hot spot analysis and spatial logistic regression

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 231-237

  Chang, Brian A ^a,b   Pearson, William S ^a   Owusu Edusei, Kwame ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot spots; Metro; Nonmetro; Sexually transmitted infections; Spatial logistic regression

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GONORRHEA; HISPANIC; HOT SPOT ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION RATE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NATIVE HAWAIIAN; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL REGRESSION; SYPHILIS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; EPIDEMIC; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GONORRHEA; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85014833010     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2017.02.004     Document Type: Article

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