Pancreatic cancer: Overview of descriptive epidemiology

Molecular Carcinogenesis

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-13

  Bosetti, Cristina ^a   Bertuccio, Paola ^a   Negri, Eva ^a   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,b   Zeegers, Maurice P ^c,d   Boffetta, Paolo ^e,f  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

Joinpoint; Mortality; Pancreatic cancer; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BALTIC STATES; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PANCREAS CANCER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ASIA; DEATH CERTIFICATES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 83455198239     PISSN: 08991987     EISSN: 10982744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mc.20785     Document Type: Article

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