An evaluation of spatial and multivariate covariance among childhood cancer histotypes in Texas (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-113

  Thompson, James A ^a   Carozza, Susan E ^a   Zhu, Li ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Disease mapping; Statistical model

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TISSUE TYPING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; TEXAS;

EID: 33845912424     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-006-0085-8     Document Type: Article

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