Ovarian cancer epidemiology in Thrace, Greece

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 298-302

  Anastasiadis, P ^a   Koutlaki, N ^b   Skaphida, P ^b   Perdikis, V ^b   Liberis, V ^b   Galazios, G ^b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Christian Orthodox; Muslims; Ovarian Cancer Incidence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRISTIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOSLEM; OVARY CANCER; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033926547     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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