Spatially varying effects of measured confounding variables on disease risk

Abstract Background The presence of considerable spatial variability in incidence intensity suggests that risk factors are unevenly distributed in space and influence the geographical disease incidence distribution and pattern. As most human common diseases that challenge investigators are complex t...

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Main Authors: Chih-Chieh Wu, Yun-Hsuan Chu, Sanjay Shete, Chien-Hsiun Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-11-01
Series:International Journal of Health Geographics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-021-00298-6