A common error in the ecological regression of cancer incidence on the deprivation index

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 83-91

  Renart, Gemma ^a   Saez, Marc ^a   Saurina, Carme ^a   Marcos Gragera, Rafael ^a   Ocaña Riola, Ricardo ^b   Martos, Carmen ^c   Barceló, Maria A ^a   Arribas, Federico ^d   Alcalá, Tomás ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^c Centro Superior de Investigacion en Salud Publica CSISP   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO ARAGONÉS DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

Author keywords

Incidence; Risk; Spain; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

AGE; CANCER; PROBABILITY; RISK; SIMULATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SPAIN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SPAIN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885099357     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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