Tango's maximized excess events test with different weights

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Song, Changhong ^a   Kulldorff, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 29544446044     PISSN: 1476072X     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-4-32     Document Type: Article

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