Population-based surveillance of pediatric pneumonia: use of spatial analysis in an urban area of Central Brazil

• Autori principali: Andrade Ana Lúcia Sampaio Sgambatti de (Autore), Silva Simonne Almeida e (Autore), Martelli Celina Maria Turchi (Autore), Oliveira Renato Maurício de (Autore), Morais Neto Otaliba Libânio de (Autore), Siqueira Júnior João Bosco (Autore), Melo Lícia Kamila (Autore), Di Fábio José Luis (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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This study examined the spatial distribution of childhood community-acquired pneumonia detected through prospective surveillance in Goiânia, Brazil. Three spatial analysis techniques were applied to detect intra-urban geographic aggregation of pneumonia cases: Kernel method, nearest neighbor hierar...