Avoidable mortality in Europe 1955-1994 : A plea for prevention

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 624-630

  Simonato, Lorenzo ^a   Ballard, Terri ^a   Bellini, Pierantonio ^b   Winkelmann, Regina ^c  

^a Venetian Tumour Registry   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EUROPE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REHABILITATION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SMOKING; THERAPY; TOBACCO; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EUROPE;

EID: 0031712381     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.52.10.624     Document Type: Article

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