The field of spatial epidemiology has evolved rapidly in the past 2 decades. This study
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This work reviews (i) the most recent information on waste arisings and waste disposal
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History Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods, in which plausible values for unknown
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This book provides a first synthetic view of an emerging area of ecology and biogeography,
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A complete guide to carrying out complex survey analysis using R As survey analysis
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Blackwell Publishing is delighted to announce that this book has been Highly Commended
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Among the many uses of hierarchical modeling, their application to the statistical analysis of
spatial and spatio-temporal data from areas such as epidemiology And environmental …

Semiparametric regression is concerned with the flexible incorporation of non-linear
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