A scan statistic with a variable window

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7-9, 1996, Pages 845-850

  Nagarwalla, Neville ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BIRTH DEFECT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 0029932163     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19960415)15:7/9<845::aid-sim254>3.0.co;2-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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