Epidemiology of cancer in ethnic groups

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 74, Issue SUPPL. 29, 1996, Pages

  Muir, C S ^a  

^a Scottish Cancer Intelligence Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CHINESE; COLON CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; LARGE INTESTINE; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; NEOPLASM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030240639     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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