The socio-spatial determinants of COVID-19 diffusion: the impact of globalisation, settlement characteristics and population

Published on June 11, 2021

Here, the authors use quantile regression to model the roles of globalisation, human settlement and population characteristics as socio-spatial determinants of reported COVID-19 diffusion over a six-week period in March and April 2020. BMC Globalization and Health

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