Medical geography: A promising field of application for geostatistics

Mathematical Geosciences

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-264

  Goovaerts, P ^a  

^a BIOMEDWARE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Disaggregation; P field simulation; Poisson kriging; Spatial clusters

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISAGGREGATION; P-FIELD SIMULATION; POISSON KRIGING; SPATIAL CLUSTERS;

CONFORMAL MAPPING; HEALTH; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POISSON EQUATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

HEALTH RISKS;

CANCER; GEOSTATISTICS; HEALTH RISK; KRIGING; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 64249116229     PISSN: 18748961     EISSN: 18748953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11004-008-9211-3     Document Type: Article

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