Editorial: Children's Cancer in the Developing World: Where Are the Girls?

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-103

  Parker, Louise ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cancer; cancer registration; childhood; epidemiology; sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM; NOTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0032020155     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08880019809167223     Document Type: Editorial

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