Shift in the burden of cancer towards older people - A retrospective population-based study

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 931-936

  Ahmad, S ^a   O'Mahony, M S ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; COMMUNITY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WALES;

EID: 34248343343     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2006.01113.x     Document Type: Article

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