Breast cancer: Patient characteristics and survival analysis at Salmaniya Medical Complex, Bahrain

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 430-439

  Fakhro, A E ^a   Fateha, B E ^b   Al Asheeri, N ^a   Al Ekri, S A ^a  

^a SALMANIYA MEDICAL COMPLEX   (Bahrain)

^b Ministry of Health   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BAHRAIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033123079     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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