The detection of clusters using a spatial version of the chi-square goodness-of-fit statistic

Geographical Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 130-147

  Rogerson, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032776124     PISSN: 00167363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4632.1999.tb00973.x     Document Type: Article

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