Constructing geographic areas for cancer data analysis: A case study on late-stage breast cancer risk in Illinois

Applied Geography

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Wang, Fahui ^a   Guo, Diansheng ^b   McLafferty, Sara ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer data analysis; Late stage cancer; REDCAPc; Regionalization; Small numbers problem; Small population problem

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DATA SET; GIS; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862205524     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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