Cancer incidence among Hispanic children in the United States

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-13

  Wilkinson, James D ^a   Gonzalez, Alex ^a   Wohler Torres, Brad ^a   Fleming, Lora E ^a   MacKinnon, Jill ^a   Trapido, Edward ^a   Button, Jaclyn ^a   Peace, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hispanic Americans; Neoplasms; United States

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE INCIDENCE; LATINO PEOPLE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISPANIC; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23744450804     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892005000600002     Document Type: Article

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