Age-specific incidence of cancer in Kingston and St Andrew Jamaica, 1998-2002

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 81-89

  Gibson, T N ^a   Blake, G ^a   Hanchard, B ^a   Waugh, N ^a   McNaughton, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EYE CANCER; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; JAMAICA; LARGE INTESTINE CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVARY CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; SKIN CANCER; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAMAICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 48449085468     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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