The geographical distribution of Kaposi's sarcoma and of lymphomas in Africa before the AIDS epidemic

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1521-1528

  Cook Mozaffari, P ^a   Newton, R ^b   Beral, V ^b   Burkitt, D P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; Incidence; Kaposi's sarcoma; Lymphoma

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031795142     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.717     Document Type: Article

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