Cancer epidemiology in the Pacific Islands - Past, present and future

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL.2, 2010, Pages 99-106

  Moore, Malcolm A ^a,b   Baumann, Francine ^c   Foliaki, Sunia ^d   Goodman, Marc T ^e   Haddock, Robert ^f   Maraka, Roger ^g   Koroivueta, Josefa ^h   Roder, David ⁱ   Vinit, Thomas ^j   Whippy, Helen J D ^f   Sobue, Tomotaka ^b  

^a UICC Asian Regional Office for Cancer Control   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c Registre du Cancer de Nouvelle Calédonie   (New Caledonia)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

^g Cancer Registry   (Solomon Islands)

^h Ministry of Health   (Fiji)

ⁱ Cancer Australia   (Australia)

^j National Department for Health   (Papua New Guinea)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; PACIFIC ISLANDS; REGISTER; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77957258837     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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