Spatial clusters of cancers in Illinois 1986-2000

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 237-256

  Wang, Fahui ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

analysis of small population; cancer; GIS; R statistic; spatial autocorrelation; spatial cluster; spatial order method

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ERROR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; UNITED STATES;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS;

EID: 3142693323     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOMS.0000032842.78643.38     Document Type: Article

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