An information statistical approach to the modifiable areal unit problem in incidence rate maps

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-109

  Nakaya, Tomoki ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; MAPPING METHOD; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY;

HONSHU; JAPAN; TOKYO;

EID: 0034048848     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a31145     Document Type: Article

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