The epidemiology of breast cancer in Maori women in Aotearoa New Zealand: Implications for screening and treatment

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1209, 2005, Pages

  Curtis, Elana T ^a   Wright, Craig ^b   Wall, Madeleine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAORI; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; ABORIGINE; BREAST TUMOR; CAUCASIAN; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RISK;

EID: 17844363730     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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