Age distribution of nasopharyngeal cancer in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1579-1582

  Andejani, Abdulwahab A ^a   Kundapur, Vijayananda ^a   Malaker, Kamal ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; ONSET AGE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX RATIO; SINGAPORE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 10644277172     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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