Time trends in cancer mortality in China: 1987-1999

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 771-783

  Yang, Ling ^a,b   Parkin, Donald M ^a   Li, Liandi ^b   Chen, Yude ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b National Office for Cancer Prevention and Control   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer; China; Mortality; Time trend

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CHINA; COLORECTAL CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LIFESTYLE; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOMACH CANCER; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0042967416     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11300     Document Type: Article

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