Cancer prevalence. What for?

Tumori

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 414-417

  Berrino, Franco ^a   Cascinelli, Natale ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0032754451     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089169908500509     Document Type: Review

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