Where do patients with cancer die in Belfast?

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 18-23

  Davison, D ^a   Johnston, G ^a   Reilly, P ^a   Stevenson, M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD; DYING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM TUMOR; HOME; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; IRELAND; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MARRIAGE; PLACE PREFERENCE; REGISTER; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME;

AGED; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPICES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NORTHERN IRELAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034968214     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03167714     Document Type: Article

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