Exploring Uncertainty in Canine Cancer Data Sources Through Dasymetric Refinement.

ABSTRACT: In spite of the potentially groundbreaking environmental sentinel applications, studies of canine cancer data sources are often limited due to undercounting of cancer cases. This source of uncertainty might be further amplified through the process of spatial data aggregation, manifested as part of the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP). In this study, we explore potential explanatory factors for canine cancer incidence retrieved from the Swiss Canine Cancer Registry (SCCR) in a regression modeling framework. In doing so, we also evaluate differences in statistical performance and associations resulting from a dasymetric refinement of municipal units to their portion of residential land. Our findings document severe underascertainment of cancer cases in the SCCR, which we linked to specif

SUBMITTER: Boo G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6399139 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature