Cancer screening and cancer mortality in Nevis, West Indies

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 311-318

  Felix, A S ^a   Avery, G ^b   Mutetwa, B ^a   Ishmael, R ^b   Ragin, C ^a   Taioli, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE AMERICAS   (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 75749092221     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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