Under-diagnosis and under-ascertainment of cases may be the reasons for low childhood cancer incidence in rural India

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-108

  Swaminathan, Rajaraman ^a   Sankaranarayanan, Rengaswamy ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Health services; Registry; Under ascertainment; Under diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; HUMAN; INDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA;

EID: 76449088354     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2009.11.006     Document Type: Note

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