Spatial autocorrelation analysis of health care hotspots in Taiwan in 2006

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Tsai, Pui Jen ^a   Lin, Men Lung ^a   Chu, Chien Min ^b   Perng, Cheng Hwang ^a  

^a ALETHEIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 74549163630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-464     Document Type: Article

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