Cancer mortality in Italy, 1970-2002

Tumori

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 640-657

  Malvezzi, Matteo ^a,b   Bosetti, Cristina ^a   Negri, Eva ^a   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,b   Decarli, Adriano ^b,c  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Epidemiology; Italy; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLORECTAL CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 56749148631     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160809400502     Document Type: Article

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