Socioeconomic inequality of cancer mortality in the United States: A spatial data mining approach

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Vinnakota, Srinivas ^a   Lam, Nina S N ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSTATE CANCER; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; POVERTY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ALGORITHMS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CAUSE OF DEATH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; POVERTY AREAS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644846404     PISSN: 1476072X     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-5-9     Document Type: Article

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