A geographic correlation study of the incidence of pancreatic and other cancers in whites

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-46

  Boffetta, Paolo ^a   Castaing, Marine ^a,b   Brennan, Paul ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Biostatistics; Methodology; Modeling; Pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL RECORD; NORTH AMERICA; OVARY CANCER; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PANCREAS CANCER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AUSTRALIA; BIOMETRY; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 31944448257     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-005-4639-y     Document Type: Article

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