The epidemiologic profile of Kaposi's sarcoma in Greece prior to and during the AIDS era

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 538-541

  Touloumi, Giota ^a   Kaklamanis, Loukas ^b   Potouridou, Irini ^c   Katsika Hatziolou, Eftichia ^c   Stratigos, John ^c   Mueller, Nancy ^d   Hatzakis, Angelos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ANDREAS SYGROS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILD; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030890125     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970304)70:5<538::AID-IJC8>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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