A new method for spatially moving correlation analysis in geomedicine

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 143-153

  Bolviken B ^a   Nilsen, R ^a   Ukkelberg, A ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Covariations; Ecological method; Epidemiology; Geomedicine; Malignant melanoma; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL METHOD; MALIGNANT MELANOMA; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0031433728     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018410807648     Document Type: Article

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