Trends in cancer mortality at age 15 to 24 years in Europe

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 39, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2611-2621

  Levi, F ^a   Lucchini, F ^a   Negri, E ^b   La Vecchia, C ^a,b,c  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Cancer; Mortality; Trends; Young

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; OVARY CARCINOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TESTIS CARCINOMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344983476     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2003.03.001     Document Type: Article

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