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

• Hauptverfasser: Andrade Ana Lúcia Sampaio Sgambatti de (VerfasserIn), Silva Simonne Almeida e (VerfasserIn), Martelli Celina Maria Turchi (VerfasserIn), Oliveira Renato Maurício de (VerfasserIn), Morais Neto Otaliba Libânio de (VerfasserIn), Siqueira Júnior João Bosco (VerfasserIn), Melo Lícia Kamila (VerfasserIn), Di Fábio José Luis (VerfasserIn)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...