Early deaths in childhood cancer

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 343-347

  Hamre, Merlin R ^a,d   Williams, James ^a   Chuba, Paul ^b   Bhambhani, Kanta ^a   Ravindranath, Y ^a   Severson, Richard K ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Leukemia; Mortality; Neoplasms; Pediatrics; SEER Program

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; AUTOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEUROBLASTOMA; SEER PROGRAM; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034095970     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(200005)34:5<343::AID-MPO5>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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