Incorporating indirect standardization in tests for disease clustering in a GIS environment

Geographical Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 327-342

  Waller, Lance A ^a   Mcmaster, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease clustering; Environmental health; Epidemiology; Hazardous waste

Indexed keywords

EID: 16344371191     PISSN: 10692665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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