Cervical cancer incidence and mortality in Fiji 2003-2009

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 380-386

  Kuehn, Rebecca ^a   Fong, James ^b   Taylor, Richard ^a   Gyaneshwar, Rajanishwar ^c   Carter, Karen ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Colonial War Memorial ^*  (Fiji)

^c FIJI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Fiji)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

cervical cancer; epidemiology; Fiji; incidence; mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864650479     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2012.01461.x     Document Type: Review

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