Estimating cancer incidence in Indigenous Australians

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 477-485

  Zhang, Xiaohua ^a   Condon, John R ^a   Rumbold, Alice R ^a   Cunningham, Joan ^b   Roder, David M ^c  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aborigines; Australian; Cancer; Cancer registration; Data quality; Incidence

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83155192364     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00762.x     Document Type: Article

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