title: A method to separate the geographical components of temporal change in cancer mortality rates.
abstract: This communication sets forth and illustrates a method to isolate local changes in cancer mortality rates from national and regional components. The method is suggested as a means of identifying note-worthy places for case control and other local studies from large data bases with temporal and geographical dimensions.
authors.affiliation: Urban Studies, Livingston College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Greenberg
mesh_terms: D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D009515:New Jersey / Q000453:epidemiology