Cancer incidence in French Polynesia 1985-95

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 722-731

  Vu, Béatrice Le ^a,b   De Vathaire, Florent ^a   De Vathaire, Cécile Challeton ^c   Paofaite, John ^d   Roda, Laurent ^e   Soubiran, Gilles ^e   Lhoumeau, François ^f   Laudon, François ^f  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^c Office de Protection Contre les Rayonnements Ionisants   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e Centre Hospitalier Territorial Papeete   (French Polynesia)

^f Direction de la Santé ^*  (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; Colorectal cancer; Epidemiology; French Polynesia; Geographical study; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETHNICITY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; FRENCH POLYNESIA; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LIVER CANCER; MALE; PHARYNX CANCER; THYROID CANCER;

ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEW ZEALAND; POLYNESIA; REGISTRIES;

FRENCH POLYNESIA;

EID: 0033735865     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00624.x     Document Type: Article

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