Analysis of data associated with seemingly temporal clustering of a rare disease

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 26-31

  Chen, R ^a,d   Goldbourt, U ^b,c  

^a ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cuscore; Sets Technique; Subtle Epidemic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031968546     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634493     Document Type: Article

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