Cancer diagnosis, treatment, and survival in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians: a matched cohort study

Lancet

Volumn 367, Issue 9525, 2006, Pages 1842-1848

  Valery, Patricia C ^a   Coory, Michael ^b   Stirling, Janelle ^a   Green, Adèle C ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SEX; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 33744532851     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68806-5     Document Type: Article

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