To assess cancer incidence among Hispanic males in Dade County, Florida, data were analyzed from the statewide tumor registry. For all cancer sites (combined), the age standardized rate among Hispanic males was 308.75 cases per 100,000 person-years, compared with 349.55 among non-Hispanics (standard
The epidemiology of cancer among hispanic women: The experience in Florida
β Scribed by Edward J. Trapido; Clyde B. McCoy; Nancy Strickman Stein; Stacy Engel; H. Virginia McCoy; Stan Olejniczak
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 709 KB
- Volume
- 66
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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