Population-based regional cancer incidence in Korea: Comparison between urban and rural areas

Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 789-797

  Song, Haa Na ^a   Go, Se Il ^a   Lee, Won Sup ^a   Kim, Yire ^a   Choi, Hye Jung ^a   Lee, Un Seok ^a   Kang, Myoung Hee ^a   Lee, Gyeong Won ^a   Kim, Hoon Gu ^a   Kang, Jung Hun ^a   Kang, Yune Sik ^a   Lee, Jeong Hee ^a   Jung, Jin Myung ^a   Hong, Soon Chan ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Korea; Rural population; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION SIZE; RURAL AREA; STANDARDIZATION; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID CANCER; URBAN AREA; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASM; POPULATION DENSITY; RURAL HEALTH; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STOMACH TUMOR; URBAN HEALTH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION DENSITY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RURAL HEALTH; SEOUL; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84963900804     PISSN: 15982998     EISSN: 20059256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4143/crt.2015.062     Document Type: Article

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