Outcome of children treated for cancer in the republic of Namibia

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 160-164

  Wessels, G ^a,b   Hesseling, P B ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

cancer; childhood; Namibia; registry; survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMIBIA; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; CANCER; CASE FATALITY RATE; CHILD; CHILD SURVIVAL; DEATH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; LENGTH OF LIFE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MORTALITY; NAMIBIA; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTHERN AFRICA; STUDIES; SURVIVORSHIP; YOUTH;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NAMIBIA; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029809724     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199609)27:3<160::AID-MPO5>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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