Incidence of cancer in negroes in Washington, D.C. and selected African cities

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 1972, Pages 401-413

  Kovi, J ^b   Heshmat, M Y ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cancer, breast, cervix uteri, colon, esophagus, lung, pancreas, prostate; Carcinogens, environmental; Negroes; Neoplasms; Sarcoma, Kaposi's

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEGRO; NEOPLASM; PANCREAS TUMOR; PROSTATE TUMOR; RESPIRATORY TRACT TUMOR; UNITED STATES; UTERUS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; BLACKS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASMS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RESPIRATORY TRACT NEOPLASMS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0015463973     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a121473     Document Type: Article

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