Geographic weighted regression: applicability to epidemiological studies of leprosy

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Almeida, Andréa Sobral de¹  Souza-Santos, Reinaldo¹  Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Duque de Caxias, Duque de Caxias, Brazil¹  Cunha, Geraldo Marcelo da¹  Duarte-Cunha, Mônica¹  Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil¹ 

关键词:  Leprosy;    Epidemiology;    Spatial analysis;    GWR;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0037-8682-0307-2015

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

INTRODUCTION: Geographic information systems (GIS) enable public health data to be analyzed in terms of geographical variability and the relationship between risk factors and diseases. This study discusses the application of the geographic weighted regression (GWR) model to health data to improve the understanding of spatially varying social and clinical factors that potentially impact leprosy prevalence.

【 授权许可】

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