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Am J Public Health
; 88(9): 1377-80, 1998 Sep.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9736881
RESUMEN
OBJECTIVES: This article presents a space-time scan statistic, useful for evaluating space-time cluster alarms, and illustrates the method on a recent brain cancer cluster alarms in Los Alamos, NM. METHODS: The space-time scan statistic accounts for the preselection bias and multiple testing inherent in a cluster alarm. Confounders and time trends can be adjusted for. RESULTS: The observed excess of brain cancer in Los Alamos was not statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS: The space-time scan statistic is useful as a screening tool for evaluating which cluster alarms merit further investigation and which clusters are probably chance occurrences.
Asunto(s)
Neoplasias Encefálicas/epidemiología , Agrupamiento Espacio-Temporal , Femenino , Humanos , Incidencia , Masculino , Método de Montecarlo , New Mexico/epidemiología , Programa de VERF
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Cancer Treat Rep
; 70(12): 1431-2, 1986 Dec.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3466693