A generalized beta model for the age distribution of cancers: Application to pancreatic and kidney cancer

Cancer Informatics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages 183-197

  Mdzinarishvili, Tengiz ^a   Gleason, Michael X ^a   Kinarsky, Leo ^a   Sherman, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cancer; Histopathology; Incidence rates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED BETA MODEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PANCREAS CANCER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 77649269020     PISSN: 11769351     EISSN: 11769351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/cin.s3050     Document Type: Article

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