Leukaemia at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 349-354

  Mukiibi, J M ^a   Nyirenda, C M ^a   Adewuyi, J O ^b   Mzula, E L B ^a   Magombo, E D ^a   Mbvundula, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, EASTERN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035411367     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v78i7.9006     Document Type: Article

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