Cancer incidence in Conakry, Guinea: First results from the Cancer Registry 1992-1995

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-45

  Koulibaly, Moussa ^a   Kabba, Ibrahim Sidiki ^a   Cissé, Amara ^b   Diallo, Sory Bailo ^b   Diallo, Mamadou Bobo ^b   Keita, Namory ^a   Camara, Naby Daouda ^b   Diallo, Mamadou Sailou ^b   Sylla, Bakary S ^c   Parkin, D M ^c  

^a Ctr Hosp Universitaire de Donka   (Guinea)

^b Centre Hospitalier Ignace Deen   (Guinea)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; FEMALE; GUINEA; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GUINEA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 15444351267     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970106)70:1<39::AID-IJC6>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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