Cancer mortality in Benghazi, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, 1991-96

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 255-273

  Singh, R ^a   Al Sudani, O E ^a  

^a AL ARAB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; INFANT; LIBYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0035241457     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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