Cancer incidence and mortality in Portugal

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2507-2520

  Pinheiro, P S ^a   Tyczynski J E ^b   Bray, F ^b   Amado, J ^c   Matos, E ^c   Parkin, D M ^b  

^a Cancer Registry of Southern Portugal   (Portugal)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c CENTRO HOSPITALAR DE VILA NOVA DE GAIA ESPINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cancer; Completeness; Incidence; Mortality; Portugal; Registration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PORTUGAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER; UTERUS CARCINOMA;

EID: 0242362747     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(03)00570-7     Document Type: Article

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