Spatial analysis of lung, colorectal, and breast cancer on Cape Cod: An application of generalized additive models to case-control data

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Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Vieira, Verónica ^a   Webster, Thomas ^a   Weinberg, Janice ^a   Aschengrau, Ann ^a   Ozonoff, David ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; MORBIDITY; PLUME; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WEAPON;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MAPS AS TOPIC; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE;

EID: 23944524664     PISSN: 1476069X     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-4-11     Document Type: Article

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