Longevity and pleural mesothelioma: age-period-cohort analysis of incidence data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, 1973–2013

Longevity and pleural mesothelioma: age-period-cohort analysis of incidence data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, 1973–2013

Abstract Objective This study investigates the hypothesis that an increasing fraction of incident pleural mesothelioma (PM) in the US population may be related to longevity, i.e., to expansion of the population over age 75 years with an age-related elevation in risk. An age-period-cohort analysis of...

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Main Author: Brent D. Kerger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
Epidemiology
Cohort effect
Period effect
Age effect
Age distribution
Asbestos
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-018-3436-0

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