Childhood leukaemia in Sweden: using GIS and a spatial scan statistic for cluster detection.

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Published in Stat Med on April 25, 1997

Authors

U Hjalmars1, M Kulldorff, G Gustafsson, N Nagarwalla

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Paediatrics, Ostersund Central Hospital, Ostersund, Sweden.

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