Time trends in the incidence of cancer cervix in Karachi South, 1995-2002

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 533-536

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

^a Karachi Cancer Registry   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c Lady Dufferin Hospital   (Pakistan)

^d Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre   (Pakistan)

^e CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^f Ziauddin Hospital   (Pakistan)

^g Zainab Punjwani Hospital

^h Sindlab   (Pakistan)

ⁱ Sindlab ^*  (Pakistan)

^j Baqai Institute of Oncology   (Pakistan)

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Author keywords

Cancer cervix; Karachi; Pakistan; Time trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651184114     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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