Breast cancer in the North of Jordan with special emphasis on descriptive epidemiology

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 779-782

  Yaghan, Rami J ^a   Buheis, Nidall ^a   Al Jaberi, Tareq M ^a   Gharaybeh, Kamal I ^a   Khammash, Muhammad R ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Breast; Epidemiology; Incidence; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000597747     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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