Cancer in Circumpolar Inuit. Background information for cancer patterns in Canadian Inuit

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 527-533

  Gaudette, Leslie A ^a   Freitag, Sharon ^b   Dufour, Rose ^c   Baikie, Maureen ^d   Gao, Ru Nie ^a   Wideman, Miriam ^b  

^a HEALTH STATISTICS DIVISION   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c Ctr de S Pub de Quebec   (Canada)

^d Labrador Inuit Association   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESKIMO; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0029797866     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841869609096983     Document Type: Short Survey

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