Cancer in Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia: A retrospective study (1987-1995)

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 595-600

  Akhtar, Shad Salim ^a   Reyes, Lolita Malig ^a  

^a King Fahd Specialist Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CHILD; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID CANCER;

EID: 0031391147     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1997.595     Document Type: Article

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