Commentary: Assessment of chance should be central in investigation of cancer clusters

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 448-449

  Lawson, Andrew B ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BAYESIAN LEARNING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDY DESIGN;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROBABILITY;

EID: 84877060529     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys239     Document Type: Article

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