Overview of the Native American cancer conference III: Risk factors, outreach and intervention strategies

Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 7 SUPPL., 1996, Pages 1527-1532

  Burhansstipanov, Linda ^a,b   Tenney, Martha ^a   Russell, Sarah ^a   Wound, Della Bad ^a   Plomer, Kathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Native American Cancer Research   (United States)

Author keywords

American Samoa; carcinogen; cross cultural comparison; environmental risk factors; Eskimos; minority groups; Native Hawaiians; neoplasms; North American Indians

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

AMERICAN INDIAN; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTINUING EDUCATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AMERICAN SAMOA; ETHNIC GROUPS; HAWAII; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; NEOPLASMS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029819446     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19961001)78:7<1527::AID-CNCR27>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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