Breast cancer mortality trends in Australia: 1921 to 1994

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-14

  Smith, Catherine L ^a   Kricker, Anne ^a   Armstrong, Bruce K ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^b CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY SIZE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENARCHE; NUTRITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0032484669     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb123335.x     Document Type: Article

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