Differences in cancer incidence among Indians in Alaska and New Mexico and U.S. whites, 1993-2002

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1515-1519

  Kelly, Janet J ^a   Lanier, Anne P ^a   Alberts, Steven ^b   Wiggins, Charles L ^c  

^a Office of Alaska Native Health Research   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; LARYNX CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEW MEXICO; REGISTRIES; SEER PROGRAM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748090568     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0454     Document Type: Article

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