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

• Main Authors: AvRuskin Gillian (Author), Goovaerts Pierre (Author), Meliker Jaymie (Author), Kaufmann Andy (Author), Jacquez Geoffrey M (Author), Nriagu Jerome (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<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...