Exploratory analysis as a sequel to suspected increased rate of cancer in a small residential or workplace community

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7-9, 1996, Pages 807-816

  Chen, Rina ^a  

^a ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

AGING; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; COMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; POPULATION; TIME; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0029993678     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19960415)15:7/9<807::aid-sim250>3.0.co;2-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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