MARC details
| 000 -LEADER |
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| fixed length control field |
02740cam a2200337 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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| control field |
9283214293 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9283214293 |
| 035 ## - |
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(Sirsi) 9283214293 |
| 060 ## - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
QZ 200 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| fixed length control field |
940615s1993 eng |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Cancer in the African population of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe : |
| Remainder of title |
1963-1977, incidence, time trends and risk factors / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
M. E. G. Skinner ... [et al.] |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Lyon : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
International Agency for Research on Cancer, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
1993. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
123 p. |
| 440 #0 - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE |
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| Title |
IARC technical report ; |
| Volume/sequential designation |
no. 15 |
| 520 3# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Presents and analyses the large body of data collected during one of the earliest projects aimed at defining the incidence of cancer in an African population. Data, which are assessed over a 15-year period, were collected using a standard questionnaire during close to 9,500 interviews with cancer patients. The collection of data on demographic, occupational, and reproductive factors supports a number of important observations concerning both traditional risk factors and other factors characteristic of an African population not long removed from an entirely rural lifestyle. Data from the Bulawayo Cancer Registry are presented and discussed with the aim of stimulating further research on the causes of cancer and methods of prevention in Africa populations. Particular attention is given to factors that might help explain the unusual nature of certain tumours seen in this population and the differences in cancer patterns observed in comparison with findings in western populations. The book has two parts. The first describes the design and aims of the study, explains the types of data contained in the Registry and the methods of their collection, analyses the results, and discusses their significance. The detailed discussion of results concentrates on the incidence, trends over time, and risk factors for cancers of the oesophagus, liver, lung, bladder, cervix uteri, breast, and corpus uteri. Findings are compared with the results of a range of cancer studies conducted in western populations as well as in other parts of Africa. The second and most extensive part consists of a 96-page tabular presentation of the wealth of data available in the Bulawayo Cancer Registry. |
| 535 ## - |
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DC.IARC |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
eng. |
| 550 ## - ISSUING BODY NOTE |
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| Issuing body note |
WHODOC |
| 561 ## - OWNERSHIP AND CUSTODIAL HISTORY |
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| History |
WHO monograph |
| 596 ## - |
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4 |
| 650 02 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Neoplasms |
| General subdivision |
epidemiology. |
| 651 #2 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Africa. |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Cancer and its Control. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Skinner, M. E. G. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Parkin, D. Maxwell. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Vizcaino, A. P. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Ndhlovu, A. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
International Agency for Research on Cancer. |
| 710 1# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
Zimbabwe. |
| Subordinate unit |
Ministry of Health and Child Welfare. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
NLM Classification Scheme |
| Koha item type |
Books |
