Commentary: Clustering in down syndrome

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1179-1180

  Morris, Joan K ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NOTE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPACE TIME ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 53349152880     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn126     Document Type: Note

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