Analysis of Chilean trends in mortality from malignant brain tumors;Tendencia de la mortalidad por tumores cerebrales malignos en Chile. Análisis de tasas

Revista Chilena de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 263-270

  Díaz T , Violeta ^a   Yáñez L , Alfredo ^a   Ponce O , Carolina ^a   Villegas, Rodrigo ^a   Pastén, Juan A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Trend of non metastatic malignant brain tumor mortality rates

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33847630104     PISSN: 00347388     EISSN: 07179227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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