A cluster of vulvar cancer and vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia in young Australian Indigenous women

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-74

  Condon, John R ^a,b   Rumbold, Alice R ^a   Thorn, Jane C ^c   O'Brien, Margaret M ^d   Davy, Margaret J ^e   Zardawi, Ibrahim ^f  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethnology; Incidence; Vulvar neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VULVA CANCER; VULVAR INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; VULVAR NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249116798     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-008-9218-6     Document Type: Article

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