Cancer incidence in the African population of Harare, Zimbabwe: Second results from the cancer registry 1993-1995

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-59

  Chokunonga, E ^a   Levy, L M ^a   Bassett, M T ^a   Mauchaza, B G ^a   Thomas, D B ^b   Parkin, D M ^c  

^a Andrew Fleming Hospital   (Zimbabwe)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0033991028     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(20000101)85:1<54::AID-IJC10>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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