Quantifying spatial disparities in neonatal mortality using a structured additive regression model.

BACKGROUND: Neonatal mortality contributes a large proportion towards early childhood mortality in developing countries, with considerable geographical variation at small areas within countries. METHODS: A geo-additive logistic regression model is proposed for quantifying small-scale geographical va...

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Main Authors: Lawrence N Kazembe, Placid M G Mpeketula
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2887370?pdf=render