An approximate CUSUM procedure for surveillance of health events

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 2111-2122

  Rossi, G ^a   Lampugnani, L ^a   Marchi, M ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TECHNIQUE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; ITALY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROBABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033618867     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19990830)18:16<2111::AID-SIM171>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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