Cancer among indigenous populations: The experience of American Samoans

Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 7 SUPPL., 1996, Pages 1553-1557

  Mishra, Shiraz I ^a   Luce Aoelua, Pat H ^b   Wilkens, Lynne R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b National Office of Samoan Affairs   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

American Samoa; neoplasms; neoplasms prevention and control; Polynesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN SAMOA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP;

EID: 0029822803     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19961001)78:7<1553::AID-CNCR31>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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