The pattern and distribution of malignancies reported in Hadramout, Yemen - 2006

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 774-778

  Ghouth, Abdulla Salim Bin ^a   Bafageer, Salim Saeed ^a  

^a HADHRAMOUT UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; YEMEN;

AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; YEMEN;

EID: 70350455148     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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