Investigation on the prevalence of leukemia in North West Frontier Province of Pakistan

Turkish Journal of Cancer

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 119-122

  Hamayun, Muhammad ^a   Khan, Sumera Afzal ^a   Muhammad, Wazir ^b  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

ALL; AML; CLL; CML; Leukemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CHILD; CHRONIC LEUKEMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE;

EID: 28244487764     PISSN: 10193103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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