Global and regional estimates of cancer mortality and incidence by site: I. Application of regional cancer survival model to estimate cancer mortality distribution by site
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Global Burden of Disease 2000 (GBD 2000) study starts from an analysis of the overall mortality envelope in order to ensure that the cause-specific estimates add to the total all cause mortality by age and sex. For regions where...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2002-12-01
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Series: | BMC Cancer |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/2/36 |