Cancer in The Gambia: 1988-97

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1207-1214

  Bah, E ^a   Parkin, D M ^b   Hall, A J ^c   Jack, A D ^d   Whittle, H ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cancer; Hepatitis B; Immunization; Incidence; Registration

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GENDER; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVARY CANCER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SEX DIFFERENCE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035805038     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.2001.1730     Document Type: Article

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