High incidence of classical Kaposi's sarcoma in Iceland and the Faroe Islands

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1190-1193

  Hjalgrim, H ^a   Tulinius, H ^b   Dalberg, J ^c   Hardarson, S ^b   Frisch, M ^a   Melbye, M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Faroe Islands; Iceland; Kaposi's sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAROE ISLANDS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031906787     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.198     Document Type: Article

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