Comparison of Different Methods for Spatial Analysis of Cancer Data in Utah | Zendy

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Comparison of Different Methods for Spatial Analysis of Cancer Data in Utah

Author(s) -

Wayne Ball,

Sam LeFevre,

Lars Järup,

Linda Beale

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.10815

Subject(s) - population , cancer registry , lung cancer , cancer incidence , cancer , epidemiology , environmental health , medicine , demography , geography , pathology , sociology

The standardized incidence ratio (SIR) and SaTScan software are used by the Environmental Epidemiology Program (EEP), Utah Department of Health, to investigate health concerns and exposures in Utah (USA). Recently, the EEP acquired the Rapid Inquiry Facility (RIF). The RIF enables access of additional dimensions of data, identifies potentially exposed populations, and computes disease rates and relative risk statistics for that potentially exposed population.

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