Identification of area-level influences on regions of high cancer incidence in Queensland, Australia: A classification tree approach

BMC Cancer

Volumn 11, 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

Cancer incidence; Classification and regression tree; Indigenous population; Rural health; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MELANOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PROSTATE CANCER; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CLASSIFICATION; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PROSTATE TUMOR; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUEENSLAND; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79960599096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-11-311     Document Type: Article

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