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标题：Discussion: Statistical Cluster Detection, Epidemiologic Interpretation, and Public Health Policy
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作者：Lance A. Waller
期刊名称：Statistics and Public Policy
电子版ISSN：2330-443X
出版年度：2015
卷号：2
期号：1
页码：1-8
DOI：10.1080/2330443X.2015.1026621
出版社：Taylor and Francis Ltd
摘要：We briefly review five articles exploring spatiotemporal clustering of pediatric cancer cases in the state of Florida for the years 2000–2010. We review the general motivating question of interest (Are there clusters in the data?) and compare approaches with specific attention to the statistical quantification of this question, the epidemiologic insight gained about disease patterns, and potential policy responses to the collective results.