Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 47-54 , February 2010

Cancer surveillance in Italian army peacekeeping troops deployed in Bosnia and Kosovo, 1996–2007: Preliminary results

  • Mario Stefano Peragallo

      Affiliations

    • Preventive Medicine Branch, Army Medical and Veterinary Research Center, via Santo Stefano Rotondo 4, 00184 Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 06 777039144; fax: +39 06 777039347.
    • ,
  • Florigio Lista

      Affiliations

    • Histology and Molecular Biology Section, Army Medical and Veterinary Research Center, via Santo Stefano Rotondo 4, 00184 Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Giuseppe Sarnicola

      Affiliations

    • Medical Services Organization Office, Department of Health, Army Logistic Command, via Nomentana 274, 00162 Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Federico Marmo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health, Army Logistic Command, via Nomentana 274, 00162 Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Alfredo Vecchione

      Affiliations

    • Preventive Medicine Branch, Army Medical and Veterinary Research Center, via Santo Stefano Rotondo 4, 00184 Rome, Italy

,Accepted 18 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2009.12.014

Cancer Epidemiology
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