A flexibly shaped spatial scan statistic for detecting clusters
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The spatial scan statistic proposed by Kulldorff has been applied to a wide variety of epidemiological studies for cluster detection. This scan statistic, however, uses a circular window to define the potential cluster areas and thus...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2005-05-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Health Geographics |
| Online Access: | http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/4/1/11 |