Pattern and incidence of cancer in Northern Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1210-1213

  El Hag, Imad A ^a   Katchabeswaran, Ramesh ^a   Chiedozi, Lawrence C ^a   Kollur, Sharanamma M ^a  

^a Prince A Al Sudairy Central Hosp   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CALCULATION; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILD; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CANCER; STANDARDIZATION; THYROID CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0036816746     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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