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Correlations of international cancer death rates. An epidemiological exercise
Author(s) -
Wynder Ernest L.,
Hyams Lyon,
Shigematsu Takao
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(1967)20:1<113::aid-cncr2820200117>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - epidemiology , medicine , interpretation (philosophy) , correlation , etiology , cancer , statistics , demography , pathology , mathematics , computer science , geometry , sociology , programming language
The relationships of 12 pairs of international cancer death rates have been examined with scatter diagrams and the magnitude of the association has been evaluated with rank correlation coefficients. An epidemiological interpretation has been attempted in spite of some obvious methodological limitations since these data may serve as a useful tool to substantiate existing epidemiological theory and provide etiological clues. Several significant and interesting relationships which have been found are discussed. The implications of a correlation also are discussed.