Cancer among indigenous people in the Amazon basin of Ecuador, 1985-2000 El cáncer en la población indígena de la cuenca Amazónica del Ecuador, 1985-2000
OBJECTIVE: To provide some of the first data on cancer incidence among indigenous people in the Amazon basin of Ecuador, and to compare that incidence with the level found among nonindigenous persons living in that same area. METHODS: From the study area 1 207 cancer cases were reported to the Natio...
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Pan American Health Organization
2004-11-01
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| Series: | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892004001100006 |