Changes in pancreatic cancer mortality, period patterns, and birth cohort patterns in Japan: Analysis of mortality data in the period 1968-2002

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 234-242

  Seino, Takayuki ^a   Nakadaira, Hiroto ^b   Endoh, Kazuo ^c   Yamamoto, Masaharu ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA SEIRYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age period cohort model; Cohort effect; Estimable functions; Pancreatic cancer; Period effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 56749169065     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-008-0036-y     Document Type: Article

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