Worldwide Trends in Cancer Mortality in the Elderly, 1955-1992

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 652-672

  Levi, F ^a   La Vecchia, C ^b,c   Lucchini, F ^a   Negri, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aged; Mortality; Neoplasms; Time trends

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEOPLASMS; RESPIRATORY TRACT NEOPLASMS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UROGENITAL NEOPLASMS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0029948425     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0959-8049(95)00582-X     Document Type: Article

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