Forecasting age-related changes in breast cancer mortality among white and black US women: A functional data approach

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 542-549

  Yasmeen, Farah ^a   Hyndman, Rob J ^a   Erbas, Bircan ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer mortality; Forecasting; Functional data analysis; Racial and ethnic disparities; Screening; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957245876     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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