Cancer incidence in the U.S. military population: Comparison with rates from the SEER Program

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1740-1745

  Zhu, Kangmin ^a,c   Devesa, Susan S ^b   Wu, Hongyu ^a   Zahm, Shelia Hoar ^b   Jatoi, Ismail ^a,c   Anderson, William F ^b   Peoples, George E ^a,d   Maxwell, Larry G ^a   Granger, Elder ^e   Potter, John F ^a,c   McGlynn, Katherine A ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUCASIAN; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TESTIS CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEOPLASMS; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67449092212     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-0041     Document Type: Article

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