Incidence of cancer in Gulf Cooperation Council countries, 1998-2001

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 600-611

  Al Hamdan, N ^a   Ravichandran, K ^b   Al Sayyad, J ^c   Al Lawati, J ^d   Khazal, Z ^e   Al Khateeb, F ^e   Abdulwahab, A ^f   Al Asfour, A ^g  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Ministry of Health   (Bahrain)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^e Ministry of Health United Arab Emirates   (United Arab Emirates)

^f Ministry of Health   (Qatar)

^g MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; KUWAIT; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OMAN; OVARY CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; QATAR; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID CANCER; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BAHRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OMAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QATAR; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 69949176434     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2009.15.3.600     Document Type: Article

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