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© 1988 Oxford University Press

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Investigation of the Geographical Distribution of Female Cancer Patterns in Belgium Using Pattern Recognition Techniques

ANN THIELEMANS*, PHILIP K HOPKE**, PASCALE DE QUINT{dagger}, A M DEPOORTER{dagger}, GODFRIED THIERS{ddagger} and DESIRE L MASSART*,

*Farmaceutisch Instituut, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 130, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium
**On leave from: Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Illinois Urbana IL 61801, USA
{dagger}School voor Maatschappelijke Gezondheidszorg, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium
{ddagger}Instituut voor Hygiene on Epidemiologie J Wijtmanstraat 14, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium

Thielemans A (Farmaceutisch Instituut, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium) Hopke PK, do Quint P, Depoorter A M, Thiers G and Massart 0 L International Journal of Epidemiology 1988, 17: 724–731

Different multivariate methods have been applied to obtain an overview of the Belgian female cancer mortality distribution. The resulting maps and figures show the patterns of female cancer mortality to be strongly geographically determined. Two major trends can be derived namely along the north-south axis and along the east-west axis of the country. The cancer sites responsible for these patterns are identified.

Revised 1 March 1987


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