U.S. congressional district cancer death rates

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hao, Yongping ^a   Ward, Elizabeth M ^a   Jemal, Ahmedin ^a   Pickle, Linda W ^b   Thun, Michael J ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847101328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-5-28     Document Type: Article

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