Cancer Incidence in Mormons and Non-Mormons in Utah, 1966–1970

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 294, Issue 3, 1976, Pages 129-133

  Lyon, Joseph L ^a   Klauber, Melville R ^a   Gardner, John W ^a   Smart, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SMOKING; STATISTICS; TOBACCO;

EID: 0016872341     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM197601152940303     Document Type: Article

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