Assessment of ecological regression in the study of colon, breast, ovary, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, or prostate cancer and residential UV

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 279-286

  Waltz, Paul ^a,b   Chodick, Gabriel ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; Ecologic studies; Ecological study; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; ECOLOGY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK REDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 42249093661     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e3282b6fd0f     Document Type: Article

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