Developing the atlas of cancer in Queensland: Methodological issues

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Cramb, Susanna M ^a,b   Mengersen, Kerrie L ^b   Baade, Peter D ^a,b  

^a VIERTEL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN CANCER CONTROL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CANCER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HEALTH POLICY; NUMERICAL MODEL; THEMATIC MAPPING;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUEENSLAND; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751646544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-10-9     Document Type: Article

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