Epidemiology of cervical cancer - A case control study on North Indian population

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 36, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 179-185

  Capalash, N ^a   Sobti, R C ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0033139969     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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