Exploring uncertainty in canine cancer data sources through dasymetric refinement
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2019-02Typ
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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 specific demographic characteristics and reduced use of veterinary care. These explanatory factors result in improved statistical performance when computed using dasymetrically refined units. This suggests that dasymetric mapping should be further tested in geographic correlation studies of canine cancer incidence and in future comparative studies involving human cancers. Mehr anzeigen
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000344009Publikationsstatus
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Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceBand
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Frontiers MediaThema
geographic correlation studies; canine cancer incidence; cancer underascertainment; spatial data aggregation; dasymetric refinementOrganisationseinheit
02803 - Collegium Helveticum / Collegium Helveticum
ETH Bibliographie
yes
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