Global burden of cancer: Opportunities for prevention

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9856, 2012, Pages 1797-1799

  Jemal, Ahmedin ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; DIASBILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; DISABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNIZATION; INCOME; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; NOTE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 84869496369     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61688-2     Document Type: Note

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