Changing cancer incidence in Kampala, Uganda, 1991-2006

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1187-1195

  Parkin, Donald Maxwell ^a,b   Nambooze, Sarah ^b   Wabwire Mangen, Fred ^b   Wabinga, Henry R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; Cancer registry; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INCIDENCE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONJUNCTIVA CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EYE CANCER; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LARGE INTESTINE CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PENIS CANCER; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CHANGE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID CANCER; TRACHEA CANCER; UGANDA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049147777     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24838     Document Type: Article

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