Exploratory spatial data analysis of congenital malformations (CM) in Israel, 2000-2006

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 237-255

  Agay Shay, Keren ^a   Amitai, Yona ^b   Peretz, Chava ^c   Linn, Shai ^a   Friger, Michael ^d   Peled, Ammatzia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Congenital malformations; Epidemiology; Hot spot; LISA; SaTScan; Spatial clusters statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894884906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22209964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi2010237     Document Type: Article

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