Regional variations in ovarian cancer incidence in the United States, 1992-1997

Cancer

Volumn 97, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 2701-2706

  Hall, H Irene ^a   Tung, Ko Hui ^b   Hotes, Joellyn ^c   Logan, Pamela ^a   Howe, Holly L ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c N Amer Assoc Ctrl Cancer Regis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER INCIDENCE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; NORTH AMERICA; OVARY CANCER; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037629057     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11352     Document Type: Article

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