Lung cancer mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1537-1539

  Becher, Heiko ^a   Winkler, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79960922225     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.25796     Document Type: Letter

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