Spatial epidemiological approaches in disease mapping and analysis

Spatial Epidemiological Approaches in Disease Mapping and Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-185

  Lai, Poh Chin ^a   So, Fun Mun ^a   Chan, Ka Wing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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