Cancer mortality in Menofeia, Egypt: Comparison with US mortality rates

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 349-354

  Soliman, Amr S ^a,b   Bondy, Melissa L ^a   Raouf, Ahmed A ^c   Makram, Moselhy A ^d   Johnston, Dennis A ^e   Levin, Bernard ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer mortality; Colorectal cancer; Developing countries; Egypt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032879189     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008968701313     Document Type: Article

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