Commentary: Statistical assessment of cancer cluster evidence-in search of a middle ground

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 453-455

  Assunção, Renato ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROBABILITY;

EID: 84877067467     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys240     Document Type: Note

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