Cancer incidence in men: A cluster analysis of spatial patterns

BMC Cancer

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Cassetti, Tiziana ^a   La Rosa, Francesco ^a   Rossi, Luca ^a   D'Alò, Daniela ^a   Stracci, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BESAG YORK MOLLIE MODEL; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ITALY; KRIGING; LARYNX CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STOMACH CANCER; BLADDER TUMOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; INCIDENCE; LARYNX TUMOR; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; MOUTH TUMOR; NEOPLASM; PHARYNX CANCER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOMACH TUMOR; THYROID TUMOR; TOBACCO;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOBACCO; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 60549108427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-8-344     Document Type: Article

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