Using Pointwise Mutual Information for Breast Cancer Health Disparities Research With SEER-Medicare Claims

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Main Authors: Brian L. Egleston, Ashis Kumar Chanda, Tian Bai, Carolyn Y. Fang, Richard J. Bleicher, Slobodan Vucetic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology 2023-03-01
Series:Methodology
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Online Access:https://meth.psychopen.eu/index.php/meth/article/view/8535