Epidemiology of cancer in the United States

Seminars in Oncology Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 236-242

  Williams Brown, Shanita ^a   Singh, Gopal K ^b  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27744560612     PISSN: 07492081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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