Rising incidence of gastric malignancies in Karachi, 1995-2002

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-44

  Bhurgri, Yasmin ^a,b   Pervez, Shahid ^a   Kayani, Naila ^a   Haider, Samran ^a   Ahmed, Rashida ^a   Usman, Ahmed ^c   Bashir, Imtiaz ^d   Bhurgri, Asif ^a,d,e,f   Hasan, Sheema H ^a   Zaidi, S M H ^g  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b Liaquat National Medical College   (Pakistan)

^c Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre   (Pakistan)

^d Zainab Punjwani Hospital

^e Sindlab   (Pakistan)

^f Baqai Institute of Oncology ^*  (Pakistan)

^g Baqai Institute of Oncology   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Demographics; Gastric cancer; Karachi; Pakistan; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650930854     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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