Pattern of primary gastrointestinal cancer: King Khalid University Hospital experience and review of published national data

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 386-391

  Ajarim, Dahish S ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; STOMACH CANCER; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0029836230     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1996.386     Document Type: Article

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