Classic Kaposi's sarcoma in Arabs living in Israel, 1970-1993: A population-based incidence study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 319-321

  Iscovich, José ^a,c   Boffetta, Paolo ^b   Brennan, Paul ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISRAEL; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARABS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 0031863629     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19980729)77:3<319::AID-IJC1>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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