Geostatistical analysis of county-level lung cancer mortality rates in the southeastern United States

Geographical Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-52

  Goovaerts, Pierre ^a  

^a BIOMEDWARE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SIZE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

SUIDAE;

EID: 75249107581     PISSN: 00167363     EISSN: 15384632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4632.2009.00781.x     Document Type: Article

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