A parallel analysis of individual and ecological data on residential radon and lung cancer in south-west England

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 205-207

  Darby, Sarah ^a,b   Deo, Harz ^a   Doll, Richard ^a   Whitley, Elise ^c  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ecologic study; Lung cancer; Radon

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035648148     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-985x.00196     Document Type: Article

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