Children and young people who die from cancer: Epidemiology and place of death in England (1995-9)

BMJ

Volumn 327, Issue 7413, 2003, Pages 478-479

  Higginson, Irene J ^a   Thompson, Margaret ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0041352241     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.478     Document Type: Article

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