Some simple tests for spatial effects around putative sources of health risk

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 493-504

  Lawson, Andrew B ^a   Williams, Fiona L R ^b   Liu, Yuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo; Putative source; Score test; Spatial

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

COMPUTATION SPEED; HEALTH DATA; MCMC METHOD; MONTE CARLO; PUTATIVE SOURCE; SCORE TEST; SIMPLE TESTS; SMALL AREA; SPATIAL; SPATIAL EFFECT;

DISEASE CONTROL;

EID: 34548100346     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200610300     Document Type: Article

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