Proposed New Terms in Geographical Distribution

The geographical distribution of cancer.

STUDY of the geographical distribution of cancer has long been recognized to be one way of obtaining clues to its causation, and a great deal of work has been carried out to determine the incidence of different types of cancer in different parts of the world. Detailed incidence rates have been obtained for more than fifty populations, either by national or regional cancer registries or by speci...

Patterns of Geographical Distribution: Animals

Geographical distribution of Cortex publications.

UK (n 1⁄4 53) Ahmed et al. (2008) Averbeck et al. (2009) Bate et al. (2008) Bengtsson et al. (2009) Butler and Harvey (2008) Caine et al. (2009) Cappelletti et al. (2008) Carey et al. (2009) Catani and Mesulam (2008) Catani and Thiebaut De Schotten (2008) Dannhauser et al. (2008) Easton et al. (2009) Eglinton and Annett (2008) ffytche (2008) Fischer (2008) Fotopoulou et al. (2008) French et al....

The Geographical Distribution of Animals

EVERY one whose life has not been wholly spent within city walls must ha.ve observed that animal life varies greatly in the districts with which he is familiar. Different species are not found uniformly scattered over the surface of the country, but in different localities with similar features. Every country boy knows 'Postlethwaite Oaks' is the only place for miles round where he has a chance...

Geographical distribution of elderly people in Croatia.

The authors outlined the geographical distribution of individuals displaying longevity in the Republic of Croatia. Elderly people, aged 80 years and older, have been the subject of this study and were viewed in several aspects including the number of elderly people and age-specific mortality rate by districts. Data for the years 1981 and 1991 were reviewed. In 1981 there were 73,052 (1.6%) pers...