Cumulative cancer mortality risk and potential years of life lost to 64 years of age in Ireland, 1953-2002

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 167-177

  O'Lorcain, Piaras ^a   Walsh, Paul M ^a   Comber, Harry ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER REGISTRY IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cumulative mortality risk; Ireland; Mortality; Potential years of life lost; Premature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRELAND; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; RISK; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34247175452     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.cej.0000228408.68353.ba     Document Type: Article

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