Does Canadian research investment relate to cancer burden?

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 82-83

  Branton, Philip E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DRUG INDUSTRY; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INVESTMENT; KIDNEY CANCER; LETTER; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SMOKING CESSATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

CANADA; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC;

EID: 38549161600     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(08)70007-X     Document Type: Letter

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