Spatial scale effects in environmental risk-factor modelling for diseases
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Spatial scale effects in environmental risk-factor modelling for diseases.
Studies attempting to identify environmental risk factors for diseases can be seen to extract candidate variables from remotely sensed datasets, using a single buffer-zone surrounding locations from where disease status are recorded. A retrospective case-control study using canine leptospirosis data was conducted to verify the effects of changing buffer-zones (spatial extents) on the risk facto...
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عنوان ژورنال: Geospatial health
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1970-7096,1827-1987
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2013.78