Pediatric oncology in the third world

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-9

  Usmani, G Naheed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; OPIATE AGONIST;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE NONLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEOPLASMS; PAKISTAN;

EID: 0035137626     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-200102000-00001     Document Type: Review

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