Burkitt lymphoma in Papua New Guinea - 40 years on

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 191-197

  Lavu, Evelyn ^a   Morewaya, Jacob ^a   Maraka, Roger ^a   Kiromat, Mobumo ^a   Ripa, Paulus ^a   Vince, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; REGIONAL PATTERN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALARIA; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEASHORE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

MELANESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; WORLD;

EID: 23944476301     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532805X58120     Document Type: Article

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