Choropleth map design for cancer incidence, part 1

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Richards, Thomas B ^a   Berkowitz, Zahava ^a,b   Thomas, Cheryll C ^a,b   Foster, Stephanie Lee ^a,b   Gardner, Annette ^a,b   King, Jessica Blythe ^a,b   Ledford, Karen ^a,b   Royalty, Janet ^a,b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGISTER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949318547     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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