The analysis of disease clusters, Part II: Introduction to techniques

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 385-397

  Jacquez, G M ^a   Grimson, R ^b   Waller, L A ^c   Wartenberg, D ^d  

^a BIOMEDWARE INC   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING;

EID: 0030158192     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141142     Document Type: Article

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