Geographical spread of gastrointestinal tract cancer incidence in the Caspian Sea region of Iran: Spatial analysis of cancer registry data

BMC Cancer

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mohebbi, Mohammadreza ^a,b   Mahmoodi, Mahmood ^a   Wolfe, Rory ^b   Nourijelyani, Keramat ^a   Mohammad, Kazem ^a   Zeraati, Hojjat ^a   Fotouhi, Akbar ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IRAN; LIFESTYLE; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; SEX RATIO; SMALL INTESTINE CANCER; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH CANCER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; INCIDENCE; PATHOLOGY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MALE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 44649124777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-8-137     Document Type: Article

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