The magnitude of the cancer problem, as conveyed by the incidence, mortality and prevalence figures, was studied by analysis of the material of the Finnish Cancer Registry from 1953-1970. The prevalence was defined as the number of persons who had cancer, or had ever had cancer, and were living on D
Incidence, mortality or prevalence as indicators of the cancer problem
โ Scribed by M. Hakama; T. Hakulinen; L. Teppo; E. Saxen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 348 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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