How does Poisson kriging compare to the popular BYM model for mapping disease risks?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Geostatistical techniques are now available to account for spatially varying population sizes and spatial patterns in the mapping of disease rates. At first glance, Poisson kriging represents an attractive alternative to increasingly...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gebreab Samson, Goovaerts Pierre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-02-01
Series:International Journal of Health Geographics
Online Access:http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/7/1/6