Breast cancer trends in Israeli Jewish and Arab Women, 1996-2007

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 112-120

  Keinan Boker, Lital ^a,b   Baron Epel, Orna ^b   Fishler, Yehudit ^a   Liphshitz, Irena ^a   Barchana, Micha ^a,b   Dichtiar, Rita ^a   Goodman, Michael ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; incidence; minorities; mortality; prevention; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARABS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84873344455     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: 14735709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e3283581d3c     Document Type: Article

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