Time trends of cancer mortality among elderly in Italy, 1970-2008: An observational study

BMC Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bidoli, Ettore ^a   Fratino, Lucia ^a   Bruzzone, Silvia ^b   Pappagallo, Marilena ^b   De Paoli, Paolo ^a   Tirelli, Umberto ^a   Serraino, Diego ^a  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer mortality; Elderly; Italy; Time trends

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; ICD-10; ITALY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PANCREAS CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866784625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-443     Document Type: Article

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