Declining cancer mortality in the United States

Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2045-2048

  Cole, Philip ^a,b   Rodu, Brad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University Station   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; cancer control; epidemiology; mortality

Indexed keywords

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; NOTE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029910163     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19961115)78:10<2045::AID-CNCR3>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Note

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