The problem of pediatric malignancies in the developing world

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 824, Issue , 1997, Pages 193-204

  Wagner, H P ^a   Antic, V ^b  

^a Swiss Inst for Appl Cancer Res   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ASIA; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; REMISSION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AMERICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030664694     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb46222.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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