The mortality and cancer experience of New Zealand Vietnam war veterans: A cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  McBride, David ^a,b   Cox, Brian ^a   Broughton, John ^a   Tong, Darryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEOPLASM; NEW ZEALAND; PHARYNX CANCER; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SURVIVOR; VETERAN; VIET NAM;

EID: 84885339217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003379     Document Type: Article

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