Comparison of different methods for spatial analysis of cancer data in Utah

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1120-1124

  Ball, Wayne ^a   LeFevre, Sam ^a   Jarup, Lars ^b   Beale, Linda ^b  

^a UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Exposure assessment; Risk assessment; Statistics

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE; UTAH;

EID: 51249089103     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10815     Document Type: Article

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