Ethnic differences in cancer incidence and mortality: The Birmingham factory screening Project

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 423-431

  Lane, Deirdre A ^a   Lip, G Y H ^a   Beevers, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 34447295634     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcm041     Document Type: Article

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