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Epidemiologic Mapping Using the "kriging" Method: Application to an Influenza-like Illness Epidemic in France

Overview
Journal Am J Epidemiol
Publisher Oxford University Press
Specialty Public Health
Date 1992 Jun 1
PMID 1626546
Citations 48
Authors
F Carrat
A J Valleron
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Abstract

This paper presents the application of a technique from the earth sciences, the "kriging" method, to the field of geographic epidemiology. Both the principles of the method and the basic equations are given. A key advantage of the method is that it relies on an analysis of the spatial variability of the data and allows the representation of the variable under study as a continuous process throughout a country. Application of the kriging method to the geographic distribution of an epidemic of influenza-like illness in France is discussed.

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