Spatial cluster detection for repeatedly measured outcomes while accounting for residential history

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 801-818

  Cook, Andrea J ^a,b   Gold, Diane R ^c,d   Li, Yi ^d  

^a GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cumulative residuals; Repeated measured; Spatial cluster detection; Wheeze

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CLUSTER DETECTION; CUMULATIVE RESIDUAL; DETECTION METHODS; DETECTION STATISTIC; GEOGRAPHICS; REPEATED MEASURED; SPATIAL CLUSTER; SPATIAL CLUSTER DETECTION; WHEEZE;

DISEASES;

ALLERGEN;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIOMETRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; BIOMETRY; BOSTON; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 73949132619     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200800269     Document Type: Article

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