Cluster morphology analysis

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-29

  Jacquez, Geoffrey M ^a,b  

^a Department of Environmental Health Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustering methods; Medical geography; Meta analysis; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; PANCREAS CANCER; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953281896     PISSN: 18775845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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