Incidence of childhood cancer in Cuba (1986-1990)

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 551-555

  Martín, Antonio A ^a   Alert, José A ^a   Renó, Jesús S ^a   Lonchong, Martha ^b   Grueiro, Susana ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Cuba)

^b Juan Manuel Marquez Pediatric Hospital   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CUBA; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUBA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030786567     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970807)72:4<551::AID-IJC1>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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