African-Caribbean cancer consortium for the study of viral, genetic and environmental cancer risk factors

Infectious Agents and Cancer

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Ragin, Camille C ^a,b   Taioli, Emanuela ^a,b   McFarlane Anderson, Norma ^c   Avery, Gordon ^d   Bennett, Franklyn ^c   Bovell Benjamin, Adelia ^e   Thompson, Angela Brown ^f   Carrington, Agatha ^g   Campbell Everett, Lydia ^f   Ford, Jacqueline ^h   Hennis, Anselm ^c   Jackson, Maria ^c   Lake, Sandra ⁱ   Leske, M Cristina ^j   Magai, Carol ^k   Nemesure, Barbara ^j   Neugut, Alfred ^l   Odedina, Folakemi ^m   Okobia, Michael ^a   Patrick, Alan ⁿ   Plummer, Wallis Best ^o   Reams, R Renee ^m   Roberts, Robin ^p   Scott Hastings, Sharaneen ^f   Sharma, Sangita ^q   Wheeler, Victor ⁿ   Wu, Suh Yuh ^j   Bunker, Clareann ^a,b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE AMERICAS   (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

^e TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Department of Health ^*  (Jamaica)

^g Ministry of Health Trinidad and Tobago   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^h Triune Ob/Gyn Services LLC   (United States)

ⁱ Myeloma Lymphoma and Leukemia Foundation of Barbados   (Barbados)

^j STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l Long Island University ^*  (United States)

^m FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ Tobago Health Studies Office   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^o UNIVERSITY OF GUYANA   (Guyana)

^p Hospital Authority   (Bahamas)

^q UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PROSTATE CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 38849202600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17509378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1750-9378-2-17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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