Using scan statistics for congenital anomalies surveillance: the EUROCAT methodology

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1165-1173

  Teljeur, Conor ^a   Kelly, Alan ^a   Loane, Maria ^b   Densem, James ^c   Dolk, Helen ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Biomedical Computing Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clusters; Congenital anomalies; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION SIZE; VALIDITY; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; RISK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING;

EID: 84951570166     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-015-0044-3     Document Type: Article

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