Population density and cancer mortality by gender and age in England and Wales and the Western World 1963-93

Public Health

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 215-220

  Pritchard, C ^a   Evans, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; England and Wales; Gender age; Mortality; Population density; Western World

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; ELDERLY PEOPLE; MORTALITY RISK; POPULATION DENSITY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; UK; WALES;

EID: 0030818135     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(97)00037-1     Document Type: Article

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