Open AccessDistribution pattern and its correlation for oral cancer rate and human development rank for countries: An ecological approach
Author(s) -
Jacob Kuruvilla,
Kesavan Rajasekharan Nayar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
contemporary clinical dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.289
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0976-237X
pISSN - 0976-2361
DOI - 10.4103/ccd.ccd_1_20
Subject(s) - ecological study , human development index , incidence (geometry) , cancer , demography , mortality rate , distribution (mathematics) , developed country , medicine , international agency , developing country , geography , human development (humanity) , environmental health , ecology , population , economic growth , biology , mathematics , mathematical analysis , geometry , sociology , economics
There is a general interpretation that the distribution and pattern of various cancers exhibit geographical variations between developed and developing countries. However, as far as oral cancer is concerned, these differential patterns of distribution are not much documented.