Trends in cancer mortality in Mexico, 1970-1999

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1712-1718

  Malvezzi, M ^a   Bosetti, Cristina ^a   Chatenoud, L ^a   Rodriguez T ^b,c   Levi, F ^d   Negri, F ^a   La Vecchia, C ^a,e  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mexico; Mortality; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CANCER MORTALITY; DATA BASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEXICO; MOUTH CANCER; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SEX RATIO; STANDARDIZATION; STOMACH CANCER; TESTIS CANCER; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 9444277943     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdh424     Document Type: Article

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