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Methods of Mapping and Identifying Small Clusters of Rare Diseases with Applications to Geographical Epidemiology

✍ Scribed by Freda E. Alexander; T. James Ricketts; Joan Williams; Ray A. Cartwright

Book ID: 109147901
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Weight: 852 KB
Volume: 23
Category: Article
ISSN: 0016-7363
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4632.1991.tb00231.x

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