Breast cancer clusters in the northeast United States: A geographic analysis

• High breast cancer mortality rates have been reported in the northeastern part of the United States, with recent attention focused on Long Island, New York. In this study, the authors investigate whether the high breast cancer mortality is evenly spread o

Keyword

breast neoplasms; cluster analysis; confounding; epidemiologic methods; geography; parity; statistics; FEMALE ELECTRICAL WORKERS; LONG-ISLAND; MORTALITY; RISK; HYPOTHESIS; ALCOHOL; CONSUMPTION; RADIATION; PATTERNS; 1ST

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vet (subject category)

art (subject category)