Trends and patterns of childhood cancer incidence in the United States, 1995-2010

Statistics and its Interface

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 121-134

  Zhu, Li ^a   Pickle, Linda W ^b   Zou, Zhaohui ^c   Cucinelli, James ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b StatNet Consulting LLC   (United States)

^c INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Incidence; Joinpoint regression; Projection method; Spatial pattern; Temporal trend

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898663893     PISSN: 19387989     EISSN: 19387997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/SII.2014.v7.n1.a13     Document Type: Article

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