Effects of randomization methods on statistical inference in disease cluster detection

Health and Place

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 152-163

  McLaughlin, Colleen C ^a   Boscoe, Francis P ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease clustering; Local moran's I; Monte Carlo method; New York State; Prostate cancer; United States

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RANDOMIZATION; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751096718     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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