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The WHO Stepwise Approach to Surveillance (Steps) of Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factors
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are responsible for a high proportion of death and disability in all countries. In develo** countries the burden of disease caused by NCDs is increasing rapidly. If the curre...
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Further follow-up of New Zealand participants in United Kingdom atmospheric nuclear weapons tests in the Pacific
We previously reported a study of deaths and cancer incidence in Royal NewZealand (RNZ) Navy personnel who participated in atmospheric nuclear weaponstests conducted by the United Kingdom in the Pacific in 195...
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Cancer incidence and mortality in women occupationally exposed to chlorophenoxy herbicides, chlorophenols, and dioxins
The association between exposure to chlorophenoxy herbicides contaminated with dioxins and occurrence of cancer has been studied mainly in male populations. In animal experiments, gender differences have been ...
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Descriptive epidemiology of primary cancer of the brain, cranial nerves, and cranial meninges in New Zealand, 1948–88
We used New Zealand data on occurrence of different types of brain cancer to investigate: (i) a possible secular increase which has been seen worldwide and has generated considerable debate; (ii) possibly high...
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Survival of breast cancer patients from Piedmont, Italy
A population-based series of 4,764 women from Piedmont, Italy, who were diagnosed with breast cancer during 1979–81 and for whom information on social and demographic factors was available, was followed-up for...
