A flexibly shaped spatial scan statistic for detecting clusters

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Tango, Toshiro ^a   Takahashi, Kunihiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

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EID: 24144490300     PISSN: 1476072X     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-4-11     Document Type: Article

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