Introduction to the supplement on cancer in the American Indian and Alaska Native populations in the United States

Cancer

Volumn 113, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 1113-1116

  Cobb, Nathaniel ^a   Wingo, Phyllis A ^b   Edwards, Brenda K ^c  

^a INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska native; American Indian; Cancer incidence; Disparities; Misclassification; Race

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; ESKIMO; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; EDITORIAL; ETHNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASM; REGISTER; STATISTICS;

ALASKA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53449094496     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23729     Document Type: Review

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