Cancer mortality among American Indians and Alaska Natives - United States, 1994-1998

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 52, Issue 30, 2003, Pages 704-707

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AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041846688     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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