The Four County Study of Childhood Cancer: Clusters in context

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7-9, 1996, Pages 683-697

  Reynolds, Peggy ^a   Smith, Daniel F ^a   Satariano, Enid ^b   Nelson, David O ^c   Goldman, Lynn R ^a,d   Neutra, Raymond R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029918313     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19960415)15:7/9<683::aid-sim240>3.0.co;2-h     Document Type: Conference Paper

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