Cancer incidence in Karachi, Pakistan: First results from Karachi Cancer Registry

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 325-329

  Bhurgri, Yasmin ^a,b   Bhurgri, Asif ^a   Hassan, Sheema H ^c   Zaidi, S H M ^d   Rahim, Abdul ^b   Sankaranarayanan, Rengaswamy ^e   Parkin, D Maxwell ^e  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b Government of Sindh Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^d BAQAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^e INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; OVARY CANCER; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAKISTAN; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033985991     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(20000201)85:3<325::AID-IJC5>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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