Cancer registry in Iran: A brief overview

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 577-580

  Etemadi, Arash ^a,b   Sadjadi, Alireza ^b   Semnani, Shahryar ^c   Nouraie, Seyed Mehdi ^b   Khademi, Hooman ^b   Bahadori, Moslem ^d  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Esophageal cancer; Iran; Population based cancer registry

Indexed keywords

CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; IRAN; LAW; MANDATORY REPORTING; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; IRAN; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 59849114413     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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