Trends in cancer incidence in Kyadondo County, Uganda, 1960-1997

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1585-1592

  Wabinga, H R ^a   Parkin, D M ^b   Wabwire Mangen, F ^a   Nambooze, S ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; Cancer registry; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LIFESTYLE; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PENIS CANCER; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SOCIAL ASPECT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UGANDA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 0034127979     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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