Cancer among the Circumpolar Inuit, 1989-2003: I. Background and methods

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 396-407

  Young, T Kue ^a   Kelly, Janet ^b   Lanier, Anne ^b   Santos, Maria ^c   Healey, Sylvia ^d   Louchini, Rabia ^e   Friborg, Jeppe ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^d Nunavut Department of Health and Social Services   (Canada)

^e INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^f STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer; Epidemiology; Inuit; Registries; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CANADA; ESKIMO; ETHNOLOGY; GREENLAND; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEOPLASM; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; GREENLAND; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INUITS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 60549117518     PISSN: 12399744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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