Surveillance of clustering near point sources

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7-9, 1996, Pages 727-740

  Le, Nhu D ^a   Petkau, A John ^b   Rosychuk, Rhonda ^b,c  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; PAPER INDUSTRY; PULP MILL;

EID: 0029932160     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19960415)15:7/9<727::aid-sim244>3.0.co;2-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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