Evaluation of the performance of tests for spatial randomness on prostate cancer data

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Hinrichsen, Virginia L ^a   Klassen, Ann C ^b   Song, Changhong ^c   Kulldorff, Martin ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CANCER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DISEASE SPREAD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MODEL TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSTATE TUMOR; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249138368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-8-41     Document Type: Article

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