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