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The Gini coefficient as a useful measure of malaria inequality among populations

BACKGROUND: Understanding inequality in infectious disease burden requires clear and unbiased indicators. The Gini coefficient, conventionally used as a macroeconomic descriptor of inequality, is potentially useful to quantify epidemiological heterogeneity. With a potential range from 0 (all populat...

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Autores principales: Abeles, Jonathan, Conway, David J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7709295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33267885
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03489-x