Survival by ethnicity for children diagnosed with cancer in New Zealand during 1990-1993

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 173-177

  Douglas, Nicholas M ^a   Dockerty, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Child; Ethnicity; Neoplasms; New Zealand; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; NEOPLASMS; NEW ZEALAND; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 33846816335     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01038.x     Document Type: Article

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