Cancer incidence and mortality trends in Northeastern Ontario

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-24

  Lightfoot, Nancy E ^a,b,c,d,e,g   Fehringer, Gordon M ^c   Bissett, Randy J ^b,f   McChesney, D Claire ^b   White, Jason J ^b  

^a Epidemiology Research Unit   (Canada)

^b NEORCC   (Canada)

^c Division of Preventive Oncology   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g Northeastern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FORESTRY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MINING; PAPER INDUSTRY; PULP MILL; RAILWAY; TRACHEA CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ONTARIO; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029913610     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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