A method to separate the geographical components of temporal change in cancer mortality rates
- 1 July 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Carcinogenesis: Integrative Cancer Research
- Vol. 1 (7) , 553-557
- https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin/1.7.553
Abstract
This communication sets forth and illustratés a method to isolate local changes in cancer mortality rates from national and regional components. The method is suggested as a means of identifying noteworthy places for case control and other local studies from large data bases with temporal and geographical dimensions.Keywords
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