Lung cancer in Maori: A neglected priority

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1213, 2005, Pages

  Harwood, Matire ^a   Aldington, Sarah ^a   Beasley, Richard ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NEW ZEALAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CAUSE OF DEATH; EDITORIAL; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; NEW ZEALAND; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; ABORIGINE; ETHNIC GROUP; LUNG TUMOR; MORTALITY; NOTE;

ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 23044494802     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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