Assessing cancer burden in rural India: An Analysis by cause of death statistics

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 221-223

  Ramana Kumar, A V ^a   Yeole, Balkrishna B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Indian Cancer Society   (India)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cause of death; Rural and urban; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 24944507362     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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