A review of the epidemiology of cancers at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-7

  Bowa, K ^a   Wood, C ^b   Chao, A ^c   Chintu, C ^a   Mudenda, V ^d   Chikwenya, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c CDC ^*  (Zambia)

^d UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; EYE CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LABORATORY TEST; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PROSTATE CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ZAMBIA; CLASSIFICATION; EYE TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASM; SARCOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EYE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SARCOMA; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 64549127375     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2008.070450     Document Type: Review

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