The spatial distribution of esophageal and gastric cancer in Caspian region of Iran: An ecological analysis of diet and socio-economic influences

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mohebbi, Mohammadreza ^a   Wolfe, Rory ^a   Jolley, Damien ^a   Forbes, Andrew B ^a   Mahmoodi, Mahmood ^b   Burton, Robert C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DIET; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH RISK; LIFESTYLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CASPIAN SEA; IRAN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MALE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STOMACH TUMOR;

DIET; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79851512766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-10-13     Document Type: Article

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