Small area estimation of incidence of cancer around a known source of exposure with fine resolution data

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 315-320

  Kokki, E ^a   Ranta, J ^a,c   Penttinen, A ^a   Pukkala, E ^b,d   Pekkanen, J ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Disease mapping; Point source; Spatial random field model

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; FINLAND; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035026435     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.58.5.315     Document Type: Article

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