Comparison of spatial scan statistic and spatial filtering in estimating low birth weight clusters

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Ozdenerol, Esra ^a   Williams, Bryan L ^b   Kang, Su Young ^a   Magsumbol, Melina S ^b  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 27644473850     PISSN: 1476072X     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-4-19     Document Type: Article

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