Geographic trends in prostate cancer mortality: An application of spatial smoothers and the need for adjustment

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-45

  Kafadar, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

bivariate smoothing; direct age standardization; mapping; residuals; risk factor; statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031059205     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(96)00101-9     Document Type: Article

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