Differentiating anomalous disease intensity with confounding variables in space

Abstract Background The investigation of perceived geographical disease clusters serves as a preliminary step that expedites subsequent etiological studies and analysis of epidemicity. With the identification of disease clusters of statistical significance, to determine whether or not the detected d...

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Main Authors: Chih-Chieh Wu, Sanjay Shete
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:International Journal of Health Geographics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12942-020-00231-3