Spatial clustering and local risk factors of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 15716-15727

  Chan, Ta Chien ^a   Wang, Hsuan Wen ^b   Tseng, Tzu Jung ^a,c   Chiang, Po Huang ^d,e  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b Fangliao General Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aborigines; COPD; SaTScan; Smoking; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84949895382     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph121215014     Document Type: Article

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