Cancer incidence in postwar Lebanon: Findings from the first national population-based registry, 1998

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 663-668

  Shamseddine, Ali ^a   Sibai, Abla Mehio ^a   Gehchan, Nageeb ^a   Rahal, Boushra ^a   El Saghir, Nagi ^a   Ghosn, Marwan ^a   Aftimos, Georges ^a   Chamsuddine, Nabil ^a   Seoud, Muhieddine ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

age standardized rate; American University of Beirut Medical Center; ASR; AUB MC; Cancer; ICD O; Incidence; International Classification of Disease for Oncology; LCEG; Lebanese Cancer Epidemiology Group; Lebanon; Middle East; PHS; Registry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILD; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEBANON; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOBACCO; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 4544261379     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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