Feasibility and utility of mapping disease risk at the neighbourhood level within a Canadian public health unit: an ecological study.

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Published in Int J Health Geogr on May 10, 2010

Authors

Eric J Holowaty1, Todd A Norwood, Susitha Wanigaratne, Juanjo J Abellan, Linda Beale

Author Affiliations

1: Population Studies and Surveillance, Cancer Care Ontario, 620 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. eric.holowaty@cancercare.on.ca

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