An international comparison of cancer survival: Toronto, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan, metropolitan areas

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1156-1163

  Gorey, Kevin M ^a   Holowaty, Eric J ^a   Fehringer, Gordon ^a   Laukkanen, Ethan ^b   Moskowitz, Agnes ^c   Webster, David J ^d   Richter, Nancy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b Ontario Cancer Treatm Res Found   (Canada)

^c Ontario Cancer Registry   (Canada)

^d Centre Regional De Cancerologie De Windsor   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0030759641     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.7.1156     Document Type: Article

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