Statistical methods for incompletely and incorrectly geocoded cancer data

Geocoding Health Data: The Use of Geographic Codes in Cancer Prevention and Control, Research and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 165-180

  Zimmerman, Dale L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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