Cancer mortality by urbanization and proximity to the sea coast in Campania region, southern Italy

Tumori

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 460-466

  Bidoli, Ettore ^a   Franceschi, Silvia ^a   Montella, Maurizio ^b  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Mortality; Urban rural gradient

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; ITALY; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OBESITY; SMOKING CESSATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0031725917     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089169808400405     Document Type: Article

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