Interpreting results of cluster surveys in emergency settings: Is the LQAS test the best option?

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bilukha, Oleg O ^a   Blanton, Curtis ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 60149101540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17427622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-25     Document Type: Note

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