Epidemiologic Mapping using the “Kriging” Method: Application to an Influenza-like Epidemic in France
- 1 June 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Epidemiology
- Vol. 135 (11) , 1293-1300
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116236
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. Am J Epidemiol 1992; 135: 1293–1300Keywords
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