Cancer mortality in the elderly, 1960-1998: A worldwide approach

Oncology Spectrums

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 386-394

  La Vecchia, C ^a   Lucchini, F ^a   Negri, E ^a   Levi, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EASTERN EUROPE; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; TIME; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034894204     PISSN: 15328554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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