Disease cluster detection methods: recent developments and public health implications

Annals of GIS

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 127-133

  Mclafferty, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

public health; space time; spatial cluster detection

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE; GIS; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84929834387     PISSN: 19475683     EISSN: 19475691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475683.2015.1008572     Document Type: Article

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