Cancer prevention for global health: A report from the ASPO international cancer prevention interest group

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1606-1610

  Braithwaite, Dejana ^a   Boffetta, Paolo ^b   Rebbeck, Timothy R ^c   Meyskens, Frank ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGING; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INFECTION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEOPLASM; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONCOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; TOBACCO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84866144480     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0848     Document Type: Review

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