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Main Title Atlas of cancer mortality in the European Economic Community /
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Smans, M.
Publisher International Agency for Research on Cancer,
Year Published 1992
OCLC Number 28891175
ISBN 9283221079; 9789283221074
Subjects Cancer--Mortality--Europe--Atlases ; Neoplasms--mortality ; Tumeurs--mortalité ; Statistique ; Kanker ; Epidemiologie ; Sterfte ; Cancer--Pays de l'Union europenne--Mortalité--Atlas ; Krebsregister ; Europäische Union ; Cancer--Europe--Mortalityt--Atlases ; Cancer--European Economic Community countries--Mortality--Statistics ; Cancer--European Economic Community countries--Statistics ; Neoplasms--mortality--Europe ; Statistique--fmesh ; Tumeurs--mortalite--fmesh
Additional Subjects European Economic Community
Internet Access
Description Access URL
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0635/93187966-d.html
Holdings
Library Call Number Additional Info Location Last
Modified
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Status
EKBD  IARC/SP-107 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 09/01/1995
ELBM  RC279.E86A85 1992 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 09/17/1993
Collation vii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm + 1 atlas.
Notes
Atlas contains one transparency. Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-128).
Contents Notes
Aims of the atlas -- Mapping of cancer -- Sources of bias -- Countries of the EEC -- Belgium -- Denmark -- France -- FR Germany -- Ireland -- Italy -- Luxembourg -- Netherlands -- United Kingdom -- EEC cancer mortality patterns by site -- Ill-defined and secondary sites -- Oral cavity -- Oesophagus -- Stomach -- Colon and rectum -- Gallbladder and bile ducts -- Pancreas -- Larynx -- Lung -- Malignant melanoma of the skin -- Breast -- Ovary -- Uterus -- Prostate -- Testis -- Bladder -- Urinary tract -- Brain and nervous system -- Thyroid -- Hodgkin's disease -- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma -- Multiple myeloma -- Leukaemia -- Potential for prevention. "The maps in this atlas present age-standardized mortality rates by sex for the 355 areas designated as being at level II by the EEC statistical services. The data mapped relate mainly to the period 1975-1980, for the nine states that constituted the EEC at that time (Belgium, Denmark, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, and the United Kingdom). The cancer sites included are those for which the numbers are both large enough and reliable enough for the geographical variations seen to be meaningful. Based on over 3.6 million deaths from cancer, they reveal many distinctive patterns of cancer mortality distribution within the EEC which clearly and urgently require further study from the standpoint of causation. The maps may also be used as an aid in planning the provision of the health services required to combat this disease. In addition to the maps, tables of the data upon which they are based are presented, along with comments on the cancer patterns revealed and on possible causal factors."--Publisher's description.