“Spatial heterogeneity of environmental risk in randomized prevention trials: consequences and modeling”

“Spatial heterogeneity of environmental risk in randomized prevention trials: consequences and modeling”

Abstract Background In the context of environmentally influenced communicable diseases, proximity to environmental sources results in spatial heterogeneity of risk, which is sometimes difficult to measure in the field. Most prevention trials use randomization to achieve comparability between groups,...

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Main Authors: Abdoulaye Guindo, Issaka Sagara, Boukary Ouedraogo, Kankoe Sallah, Mahamadoun Hamady Assadou, Sara Healy, Patrick Duffy, Ogobara K. Doumbo, Alassane Dicko, Roch Giorgi, Jean Gaudart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Randomized prevention trials
Spatial heterogeneity
Stochastic Partial Differential Equation
Integrated Nested Laplace Approximation
Environmental factors
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-019-0759-z

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