Lung cancer and COPD rates in Apulia: a multilevel multimember model for smoothing disease mapping
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>If spatial representations of hospitalization rates are used, a problem of instability arises when they are calculated on small areas, owing to the small number of expected and observed cases. Aim of this study is to assess the effec...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-03-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Health Geographics |
| Online Access: | http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/9/1/15 |