Accounting for regional background and population size in the detection of spatial clusters and outliers using geostatistical filtering and spatial neutral models: The case of lung cancer in Long Island, New York

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Goovaerts, Pierre ^a   Jacquez, Geoffrey M ^a  

^a BIOMEDWARE INC   (United States)

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EID: 13144297785     PISSN: 1476072X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-3-14     Document Type: Article

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