Cancer survival in a southern african urban population

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 860-864

  Gondos, Adam ^a   Chokunonga, Eric ^b   Brenner, Hermann ^a   Parkin, Donald Maxwell ^c   Sankila, Risto ^d   Borok, Margaret Z ^b   Chirenje, Z Michael ^e   Nyakabau, Anna M ^f   Bassett, Mary Travis ^b  

^a GERMAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON AGEING   (Germany)

^b Zimbabwe National Cancer Registry   (Zimbabwe)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^d FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^f Andrew Fleming Hospital   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; Cancer survival; Developing countries; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 7244232594     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20471     Document Type: Article

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