Statistical methods for the geographical analysis of rare diseases

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 686, Issue , 2010, Pages 151-171

  Gómez Rubio, Virgilio ^a   López Quílez, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Disease cluster detection; Disease mapping; Rare disease; Spatial scan statistic; Zero inflated model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INCIDENCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; BIOSTATISTICS; BRAIN TUMOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; REVIEW; SPAIN; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

BIOSTATISTICS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RARE DISEASES; SOFTWARE; SPAIN;

EID: 79952051195     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9485-8_10     Document Type: Article

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