Use of a density equalizing map projection in analysing childhood cancer in four California counties

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 9-10, 2001, Pages 1499-1513

  Merrill, Deane W ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OBSERVATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION DENSITY; RACE; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MAPS; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 0035873805     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.686     Document Type: Article

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