An empirical comparison of spatial scan statistics for outbreak detection

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Neill, Daniel B ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE SPREAD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GAUSSIAN METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POISSON RATIO; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 67449167497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-8-20     Document Type: Article

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