Cluster of liver cancer and immigration: A geographic analysis of incidence data for Ontario 1998-2002

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Chen, Yue ^a   Yi, Qilong ^a   Mao, Yang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HEALTH RISK; IMMIGRATION; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ONTARIO; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 45449120624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-28     Document Type: Article

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