Disease clusters in structured environments

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7-9, 1996, Pages 851-871

  Grimson, Roger C ^a   Oden, Neal ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMMES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OFFICE WORKER; PREVALENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0029921798     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19960415)15:7/9<851::aid-sim255>3.0.co;2-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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