Presentation and epidemiology of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Jordan

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 422-426

  Kamal, M F ^a,b   Samarrai, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b NONE   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Carcinoma, squamous cell; Nasopharynx

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EAR NOSE THROAT DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; METASTASIS; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0032941413     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022215100144135     Document Type: Article

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