Trends in mortality from cancer in the European Union, 1955-94

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9180, 1999, Pages 742-743

  Levi, Fabio ^a   Lucchini, Franca ^a   Vecchia, Carlo La ^b   Negri, Eva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 0033612911     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)01909-1     Document Type: Article

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