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. 2010:2010:541-558.
doi: 10.1201/9781420072884-c30.

Spatial Aggregation and the Ecological Fallacy

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Spatial Aggregation and the Ecological Fallacy

No authors listed. Chapman Hall CRC Handb Mod Stat Methods. 2010.
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Figure 30.1
Figure 30.1
SMRs for asthma hospitalization in Californian counties.
Figure 30.2
Figure 30.2
log SMR versus mean log PM2.5 for counties with monitors, with a local smoother imposed.
Figure 30.3
Figure 30.3
Predicted exposures for (a) and (b) census block groups, in California.
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