Global, local and focused geographic clustering for case-control data with residential histories

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>This paper introduces a new approach for evaluating clustering in case-control data that accounts for residential histories. Although many statistics have been proposed for assessing local, focused and global clustering in health out...

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Main Authors: AvRuskin Gillian, Goovaerts Pierre, Meliker Jaymie, Kaufmann Andy, Jacquez Geoffrey M, Nriagu Jerome
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-03-01
Series:Environmental Health
Online Access:http://www.ehjournal.net/content/4/1/4