Cancer of the skin in Zimbabwe: An analysis based on the Cancer Registry 1986 to 1992

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 181-184

  Watts, Tee ^a,c   Siziya, S ^a   Chokunonga, E ^b  

^a UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

^b Cancer Registry Zimbabwe ^*  (Zimbabwe)

^c Ngwelezana Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RACE; REGISTER; SKIN TUMOR; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031174410     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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