Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 29-33 , February 2010

Spatial analysis of hepatocellular carcinoma and socioeconomic status in China from a Population-based Cancer Registry

  • Wenxiang Peng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai 200032, China
    • Key Laboratory on Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education at the Fudan University, Shanghai, China
    • ,
  • Yue Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Qingwu Jiang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai 200032, China
    • Key Laboratory on Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education at the Fudan University, Shanghai, China
    • ,
  • Yingjie Zheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai 200032, China
    • Key Laboratory on Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education at the Fudan University, Shanghai, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, 138 Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai 200032, China. Tel.: +86 21 54237052; fax: +86 21 54237052.

,Accepted 20 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2009.12.013

Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 29-33 , February 2010

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