Survival following treatment of primary breast cancer in eastern Nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 539-543

  Anyanwu, S N C ^a  

^a NONE   (Nigeria)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034287106     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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