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A Statewide Investigation of Geographic Lung Cancer Incidence Patterns and Radon Exposure in a Low-Smoking Population

Description
Examines Utah Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER) data to describe smoking-adjusted lung cancer rates between nonmetropolitan and metropolitan counties by indoor radon levels, sex, and cancer stage. Compares lung cancer rates between Utah and all SEER sites. Includes statistics of nonmetropolitan and metropolitan Utah counties by race/ethnicity, smoking prevalence, education, income, and more.
Author(s)
Judy Y. Ou, Brynn Fowler, Qian Ding, et al.
Citation
BMC Cancer, 18, 115
Date
2018
Type
Document
Tagged as
Cancer · Population health · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Utah