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Spatial analysis of leprosy incidence and associated socioeconomic factors
2012
Revista de Saúde Pública
OBJECTIVE: To identify clusters of the major occurrences of leprosy and their associated socioeconomic and demographic factors. METHODS: Cases of leprosy that occurred between 1998 and 2007 in São José do Rio Preto (southeastern Brazil) were geocodified and the incidence rates were calculated by census tract. A socioeconomic classification score was obtained using principal component analysis of socioeconomic variables. Thematic maps to visualize the spatial distribution of the incidence of
doi:10.1590/s0034-89102011005000086
pmid:22183514
fatcat:kc4v6evuurczjk6tk5myc37cx4