The epidemiology of breast cancer in Pacific women in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 1096, 1999, Pages 354-357

  Lawes, Carlene M M ^b   Tukuitonga, Colin F ^c   Scragg, Robert K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; REGISTER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0033600654     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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