Spatial variation of mortality for common and rare cancers in Piedmont, Italy, from 1980 to 2000: A Bayesian approach

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 108-116

  Maule, Milena ^a,d   Merletti, Franco ^a   Mirabelli, Dario ^a   La Vecchia, Carlo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d Unit of Cancer Epidemiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian method; Breast neoplasms; Lung neoplasms; Mortality; Pleural neoplasms; Small area analysis; Soft tissue sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RARE DISEASES; SARCOMA;

EID: 33746599962     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.cej.0000195706.89998.45     Document Type: Article

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