Cancer mortality in aboriginal people in New South Wales, Austraia, 1994-2002

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 453-456

  Supramaniam, Rajah ^a   Grindley, Hari ^a   Pulver, Lisa Jackson ^b  

^a CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALCULATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTRIES;

EID: 33750337101     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2006.tb00463.x     Document Type: Article

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