Ovarian cancer incidence and mortality in American Indian, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic white women in New Mexico

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 323-327

  Schiff, Melissa ^a,c   Becker, Thomas M ^b   Smith, Harriet O ^a   Gilliland, Frank D ^a   Key, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; OVARY CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARCINOMA; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEW MEXICO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029874035     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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