A SaTScan™ macro accessory for cartography (SMAC) package implemented with SAS® software

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Abrams, Allyson M ^a   Kleinman, Ken P ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HMO Research Network   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICES; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DATA DISPLAY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 33947373942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-6-6     Document Type: Article

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