Effects of study area size on geographic characterizations of health events: Prostate cancer incidence in Southern New England, USA, 1994-1998

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Gregorio, David I ^a   Samociuk, Holly ^a   DeChello, Laurie ^a   Swede, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CDC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONNECTICUT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RHODE ISLAND;

EID: 33644656237     PISSN: 1476072X     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-5-8     Document Type: Article

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