Pattern of cancer in the United Arab Emirates referred to Al-Ain Hospital

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 506-509

  El Hëlá, Thanaa A ^a   Bener, Abdulbari ^b   Galadari, Ibrahim ^b  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHILD; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SKIN CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH CARCINOMA; THYROID CANCER; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 7144227285     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1997.506     Document Type: Article

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