AIDS and cancer in Africa: The evolving epidemic in Zimbabwe

AIDS

Volumn 13, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 2583-2588

  Chokunonga, Eric ^a   Levy, Lorraine M ^a   Bassett, Mary T ^a   Borok, Margaret Z ^b   Mauchaza, Bonnie G ^a   Chirenje, Mike Z ^b   Parkin, D Maxwell ^c  

^a Andrew Fleming Hospital   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; Cancer; Cancer registries; Conjunctival neoplasms; Incidence; Karposi's sarcoma; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOMA; NEWBORN; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ZIMBABWE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0033375475     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199912240-00012     Document Type: Article

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