Cancer in indigenous Australians: A review

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-121

  Condon, John R ^a,b,c   Armstrong, B K ^d   Barnes, A ^c   Cunningham, J ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Co operative Res Ctr Aboriginal/T ^*  (Australia)

^d CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aborigine; Indigenous; Neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MELANOMA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0038637767     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023064400004     Document Type: Review

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