Childhood cancer mortality in Australia

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 476-480

  Youlden, Danny R ^a   Baade, Peter D ^a,b,c   Valery, Patricia C ^d   Ward, Leisa J ^a   Green, Adele C ^e,f   Aitken, Joanne F ^a,g  

^a CANCER COUNCIL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cancer; Childhood; Mortality; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84865862940     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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