Childhood cancer incidence in Australia, 1982-1991

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 34-38

  McWhirter, William R ^a,c   Dobson, Cecily ^a   Ring, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Epidemiol and Hlth Info Branch   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE NONLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; AUSTRALIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0030044073     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960103)65:1<34::AID-IJC7>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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