Analyzing geographic patterns of disease incidence: Rates of late-stage colorectal cancer in Iowa

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 223-236

  Rushton, Gerard ^a   Peleg, Ika ^b   Banerjee, Aniruddha ^c   Smith, Geoffrey ^a   West, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

colorectal cancer; geocodes; GIS; late stage cancer; SEER

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IOWA; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 3142684520     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOMS.0000032841.39701.36     Document Type: Article

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