Things to know and do about cancer clusters

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 810-816

  Aldrich, Tim ^a,c   Sinks, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c Six Richland Medical Park ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOGENESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIC; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0036052172     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CNV-120003546     Document Type: Review

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