Aging and cancer in America: Demographic and epidemiologic perspectives

Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-23

  Yancik, Rosemary ^a   Ries, Lynn A G ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 0033950047     PISSN: 08898588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8588(05)70275-6     Document Type: Article

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