Cancer statistics, 2003

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-26

  Jemal, Ahmedin ^a   Murray, Taylor ^a   Samuels, Alicia ^a   Ghafoor, Asma ^a   Ward, Elizabeth ^a   Thun, Michael J ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER STATISTICS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; NEGRO; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037260139     PISSN: 00079235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3322/canjclin.53.1.5     Document Type: Article

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