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Investigation of leukaemia clusters by use of a Geographical Analysis Machine

Lookup NU author(s): Emeritus Professor Alan Craft

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Abstract

A new spatial analysis device called a Geographical Analysis Machine detects deviations from the Poisson distribution of rare events. Application to childhood leukaemia data from the north of England identified five clusters, only one of which had been noted by previous methods.

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Author(s): Openshaw, S., Charlton, M., Craft, A. W., Birch, J. M.

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: The Lancet

Year: 1988

Volume: 331

Issue: 8580

Pages: 272-273

Print publication date: 06/02/1988

ISSN (print): 0140-6736

ISSN (electronic): 1474-547X

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(88)90352-2

DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(88)90352-2

PubMed id: 2893085

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