Forecasting hepatocellular carcinoma mortality in Taiwan using an age-period-cohort model

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages NP65-NP73

  Tzeng, I Shiang ^a   Lee, Wen Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

age adjusted rates; age period cohort analysis; forecasting; hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862828440     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: 19412479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539511422941     Document Type: Article

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