Sex disparities in cancer incidence by period and age.

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Published in Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev on March 17, 2009

Authors

Michael B Cook1, Sanford M Dawsey, Neal D Freedman, Peter D Inskip, Sara M Wichner, Sabah M Quraishi, Susan S Devesa, Katherine A McGlynn

Author Affiliations

1: National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20852-7234, USA. cookmich@mail.nih.gov

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