Cancer in Rwanda

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-81

  Newton, Robert ^a   Ngilimana, Pie Joseph ^b   Grulich, Andrew ^c   Beral, Valerie ^a   Sindikubwabo, Béatrice ^b   Nganyira, Agnès ^b   Parkin, D M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFANT; INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LIVER CANCER; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RWANDA; STOMACH CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PARITY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; RWANDA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0029914642     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960328)66:1<75::AID-IJC14>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Conference Paper

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