Esophageal cancer spatial and correlation analyses: Water pollution, mortality rates, and safe buffer distances in China

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 46-58

  Zhang, Xueyan ^a   Zhuang, Dafang ^a   Ma, Xin ^b   Jiang, Dong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

environment; esophageal cancer; GIS; spatial analysis; water pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890503645     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-014-1072-8     Document Type: Article

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