Pakistan - Country profile of cancer and cancer control 1995-2004

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 124-130

  Bhurgri, Yasmin ^a,b   Bhurgri, Asif ^a,c   Nishter, Sania ^d   Ahmed, Ashfaq ^e   Usman, Ahmed ^f   Pervez, Shahid ^b   Ahmed, Rashida ^b   Kayani, Naila ^b   Riaz, Ahmed ^a   Bhurgri, Hadi ^a,b   Bashir, Imtiaz ^g   Hassan, Sheema H ^b  

^a Karachi Cancer Registry   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c JINNAH SINDH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d Heartfile Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^e Ministry of Health Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^f JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^g Zainab Punjwani Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; COUNSELING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LAW; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MOUTH CANCER; OVARY CANCER; PAKISTAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; TOBACCO; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PAKISTAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33646391234     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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