Spatial Scan Statistics Adjusted for Multiple Clusters

The spatial scan statistic is one of the main epidemiological tools to test for the presence of disease clusters in a geographical region. While the statistical significance of the most likely cluster is correctly assessed using the model assumptions, secondary clusters tend to have conservatively h...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zhenkui Zhang, Renato Assunção, Martin Kulldorff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Probability and Statistics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/642379