Trends in mortality from primary liver cancer in Europe

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 909-915

  La Vecchia, C ^a,b   Lucchini, F ^c,d   Franceschi, S ^e   Negri, E ^a   Levi, F ^c,d  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d U d'Epidemiol du Cancer   (Switzerland)

^e CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Descriptive epidemiology; Europe; Liver neoplasms; Mortality rates; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; BULGARIA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; IRELAND; ITALY; LIVER CANCER; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANDINAVIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034009099     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(00)00052-6     Document Type: Article

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