Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5756540 | Environmental Research | 2017 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
The morbidity rates in children under the age of 5 were found significantly lower than the other age-groups, whereas the age-group 5-9 revealed the highest morbidity rates in the study area. The morbidity of Hepatitis A was detected very high for the years 2001, and 2005-2007. The identification of the highly vulnerable provinces was conducted using local Moran's I and local Getis-Ord Gi *(d). The majority of clusters and hot spots were detected to be agglomerated in the Eastern Mediterranean and South-Eastern Anatolian Regions and Ceyhan, Asi and Southeast part of Firat-Dicle river basins in Turkey.
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Authors
Ahmet Ozgur Dogru, Ruusa Magano David, Necla Ulugtekin, Cigdem Goksel, Dursun Zafer Seker, Seval Sözen,