Geographical clustering of lung cancer in the province of Lecce, Italy: 1992-2001

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Bilancia, Massimo ^a   Fedespina, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CANCER; HEALTH RISK; MAPPING METHOD; MORTALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LECCE; PUGLIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; POECILIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68449097099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-8-40     Document Type: Article

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