Incidence and trends of prostate cancer in Karachi South, '1995-2002'

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-48

  Bhurgri, Yasmin ^a,b,c   Kayani, Naila ^b   Pervez, Shahid ^b   Ahmed, Rashida ^b   Tahir, Imran ^a,b   Afif, Muneeza ^a,b   Usman, Ahmed ^d   Faridi, Naveen ^c   Bashir, Imtiaz ^e   Bhurgri, Asif ^a,f,g,h   Hasan, Sheema H ^b   Zaidi, S M H ⁱ  

^a Karachi Cancer Registry   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^d JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^e Zainab Oncology   (Pakistan)

^f Pathology Department   (Pakistan)

^g Sindlab   (Pakistan)

^h Anklesaria Nursing Home   (Pakistan)

ⁱ BAQAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Demographics; Karachi; Pakistan; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650901927     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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