Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 99-107 , February 2010

Spatiotemporal Analysis and Mapping of Oral Cancer Risk in Changhua County (Taiwan): An Application of Generalized Bayesian Maximum Entropy Method

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doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.10.005

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 99-107 , February 2010

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