Trends in Cancer Incidence among Singapore Malays: A Low-risk Population

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-62

  Wang, H ^a   Seow, A ^a   Lee, Hin Peng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cancer; Incidence rates; Singapore Malays; Southeast Asia; Time trends

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHINESE; COLORECTAL CANCER; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LIFESTYLE; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OVARY CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 1842762132     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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