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Pointers from Regional Variation in Incidence — International Perspectives

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There are several classes of regional variation in cancer incidence, which will be examined in turn with reference to their value for epidemiological cancer studies

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  1. Pathologisches Institut, D-44 Münster, Westring 17, Germany

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  2. The Cancer Registry of Norway, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway

    E. Pedersen

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Muir, C.S. (1975). Pointers from Regional Variation in Incidence — International Perspectives. In: Grundmann, E., Pedersen, E. (eds) Cancer Registry. Recent Results in Cancer Research / Fortschritte der Krebsforschung / Progrès dans les recherches sur le cancer, vol 50. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80880-7_18

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