Modelling predictions of cancer deaths in Northern Ireland

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 120-125

  French, D ^a   Catney, D ^b   Gavin, A T ^b  

^a Project Support Analysis Branch   (United Kingdom)

^b Northern Ireland Cancer Registry   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRELAND; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33744792640     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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