The effect of administrative boundaries and geocoding error on cancer rates in California

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-54

  Goldberg, Daniel W ^a   Cockburn, Myles G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease rates; Geocoding; ZIP codes

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEDICAL ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84859217803     PISSN: 18775845     EISSN: 18775853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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