Patterns and predictors of place of cancer death for the oldest old

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Lock, Anna ^a   Higginson, Irene ^b  

^a C/O Christchurch House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DYING; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HEAD CANCER; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM TUMOR; HOME CARE; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM TUMOR; MALE; NECK CANCER; PREDICTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 27744470964     PISSN: 1472684X     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-4-6     Document Type: Article

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