The long road towards cancer prevention: 4 steps backward and 8 forward

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2660-2662

  Coebergh, Jan Willem ^a,b   Martin Moreno, Jose M ^c   Soerjomataram, Isabelle ^a   Renehan, Andrew G ^d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Implementation; Policy; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77956624906     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.07.037     Document Type: Article

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