Cluster analysis and disease mapping--why, when, and how? A step by step guide.

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Published in BMJ on October 05, 1996

Authors

S F Olsen1, M Martuzzi, P Elliott

Author Affiliations

1: Danish Epidemiology Science Centre, Statens Seruminstitut, Copenhagen S, Denmark.

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