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ex1514: Melanoma and Sunspot Activity---An Observational Study

Description

Several factors suggest that the incidence of melanoma is related to solar radiation. These data are the age-adjusted melanoma incidence among males in the Connecticut Tumor Registry and the sunspot activity, 1936--1972 .

Usage

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source

Ramsey, F.L. and Schafer, D.W. (2013). The Statistical Sleuth: A Course in Methods of Data Analysis (3rd ed), Cengage Learning.

References

Houghton, A., Munster, E.W. and Viola, M.V. (1978). Increased Incidence of Malignant Melanoma After Peaks of Sunspot Activity, Lancet: 759--760.

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