Cancer Incidence in Montana. Rates for American Indians Exceed Those for Whites

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 493-497

  Harwell, Todd S ^a   Miller, Susan H ^a   Lemons, Debbi L ^a   Helgerson, Steven D ^a   Gohdes, Dorothy ^a  

^a MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MONTANA; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 33646402650     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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