Lung cancer mortality among women in Xuan Wei, China: A comparison of spatial clustering detection methods

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages NP392-NP401

  Lin, Hualiang ^a   Ning, Bofu ^b   Li, Jihua ^c   Ho, Suzanne C ^a   Huss, Anke ^d   Vermeulen, Roel ^d   Tian, Linwei ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Xuanwei Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c Qu Jing Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

geographic distribution; lung cancer; mortality; spatial scan analysis; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84926336004     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: 19412479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539512444778     Document Type: Article

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