Cancer among hispanic women in South Florida: An 18-year assessment - A report from the Florida Cancer Data System

Cancer

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1752-1758

  Wilkinson, James D ^a,b   Wohler Torres, Bradley ^a   Trapido, Edward ^a,b   Fleming, Lora E ^a,b   MacKinnon, Jill ^b   Peace, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Florida Cancer Data System; Hispanic; Incidence; Mortality; Race

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037108096     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.10834     Document Type: Article

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