Spatial epidemiology of cancer: a review of data sources, methods and risk factors

Cancer is a major concern among chronic diseases today. Spatial epidemiology plays a relevant role in this matter and we present here a review of this subject, including a discussion of the literature in terms of the level of geographic data aggregation, risk factors and methods used to analyse the...

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Main Authors: Rita Roquette, Marco Painho, Baltazar Nunes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2017-05-01
Series:Geospatial Health
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Online Access:http://geospatialhealth.net/index.php/gh/article/view/504