Cancer incidence in the U.S. Air Force: 1989-2002

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 789-794

  Yamane, Grover K ^a  

^a USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerospace; Air Force; Cancer; Epidemiology; Incidence; Military

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR FORCE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MILITARY SERVICE; MOUTH CANCER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VULVA CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747154995     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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