Recent trends in the incidence of lymphomas in Kuwait

Neoplasma

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 253-257

  Al Bahar, S ^a,c   Pandita, R ^a   Al Bahar, E ^b   Al Muhana, A ^a   Al Yaseen, N ^a  

^a KUWAIT CANCER CONTROL CENTER   (Kuwait)

^b AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c NONE   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

epidemiology; Hodgkin's disease; non Hodgkin's lymphoma incidence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA;

EID: 0029791719     PISSN: 00282685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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