Gastric carcinoma in the Sultanate of Oman: Incidence and distribution

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 291-295

  Green, Roger ^a   Northway, Margaret G ^b   Buena, Nardo B ^a   Musa, Mohammed M ^a   Lambourne, Adrian ^c  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

EID: 0029947887     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1996.291     Document Type: Article

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