An ecological study of cancer mortality rates in high altitude counties of the United States

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 98-104

  Youk, Ada O ^a   Buchanich, Jeanine M ^a   Fryzek, Jon ^a,b   Cunningham, Michael ^a   Marsh, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Exponent   (United States)

Author keywords

altitude study; breast cancer; cancer mortality; ecological study; non Hodgkin lymphoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; SEA LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862864106     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: 15578682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2011.1051     Document Type: Article

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