Gynecological cancer incidence in a hospital population in Saudi Arabia: The effect of foreign immigration over two decades

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 538-542

  Makoha, Frederick W ^a,b,c   Raheem, Muhamed A ^a  

^a Kingdom of Saudi Arabia   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Hereford County Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c HEREFORD COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Female; Genital tract; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT CANCER; GESTATION PERIOD; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS SARCOMA; VAGINA CANCER; VULVA CANCER;

EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 50049095901     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2008.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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