Inferences for selected location quotients with applications to health outcomes

Geographical Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 288-300

  Djira, Gemechis Dilba ^a   Schaarschmidt, Frank ^b   Fayissa, Bichaka ^c  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INDEX METHOD; LOCATION DECISION; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955169026     PISSN: 00167363     EISSN: 15384632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4632.2010.00794.x     Document Type: Article

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