The relationship between population density and cancer mortality in Taiwan

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 355-360

  Yang, Chun Yuh ^a   Hsieh, Ya Lun ^b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Nursing   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Geography; Mortality; Neoplasms; Population density; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BONE CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RURAL AREA; SKIN CANCER; TAIWAN; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0031980785     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1998.tb00571.x     Document Type: Article

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