The role of young population structure in determining age distribution of breast cancer in Jordan

Journal of the Bahrain Medical Society

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 28-33

  Abalkhail, Ali A ^a   Zahawi, Huda M ^a   Almasri, Nidal M ^a   Hameed, Omar K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Age distribution; Breast cancer; Breast carcinoma; Cancer epidemiology; Jordan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0042194850     PISSN: 10156321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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