Population-based surveillance of pediatric pneumonia: use of spatial analysis in an urban area of Central Brazil Vigilância populacional de pneumonia em crianças: uso de análise espacial numa área urbana do Brasil Central

• Main Authors: Ana Lúcia Sampaio Sgambatti de Andrade (Author), Simonne Almeida e Silva (Author), Celina Maria Turchi Martelli (Author), Renato Maurício de Oliveira (Author), Otaliba Libânio de Morais Neto (Author), João Bosco Siqueira Júnior (Author), Lícia Kamila Melo (Author), José Luis Di Fábio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2004-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...