Interpreting survival differences and trends

Tumori

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-16

  Berrino, Franco ^a   Micheli, Andrea ^a   Sant, Milena ^a   Capocaccia, Riccardo ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

epidemiologic studies; population based studies; relative survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; STATISTICS;

EID: 0030998905     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089169708300105     Document Type: Article

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