Remoteness of residence and survival from cancer in New South Wales

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 180, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 618-622

  Jong, Katherine E ^a   Smith, David P ^b   Yu, Xue Q ^b   O'Connell, Dianne L ^b   Goldstein, David ^c,e   Armstrong, Bruce K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 3042814550     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06123.x     Document Type: Article

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