Influence of Spatial Resolution on Space-Time Disease Cluster Detection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Jones, Stephen G ^a   Kulldorff, Martin ^b  

^a BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee ^*  (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LUNG INFECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD INSURANCE PLANS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TENNESSEE; TIME FACTORS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84868100086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048036     Document Type: Article

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