Eye cancer incidence in Singapore

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 767-770

  Lee, Sao Bing ^a   Au Eong, Kah Guan ^a   Saw, Seang Mei ^b   Chan, Tat Keong ^a   Lee, Hin Peng ^c  

^a SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Singapore Cancer Registry ^*  (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVA; EYE CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL GLAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEWBORN; ORBIT CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINOBLASTOMA; SINGAPORE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; EYE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 1642586708     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.7.767     Document Type: Article

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