Cancer in East Azerbaijan, Iran: Results of a population-based cancer registry

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 327-330

  Somi, Mohammad H ^a   Farhang, Sara ^a   Kazem Mirinezhad, S ^a   Naghashi, Shahnaz ^a   Seif Farshad, Mehran ^b   Golzari, Mehrad ^b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Province Health Center for East Azerbaijan   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; East Azerbaijan; Iran

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59849107718     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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