Women's cancers in developing countries: From research to an integrated health systems approach

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 519-526

  Reeler, Anne ^a   Qiao, Youlin ^b   Dare, Lola ^c   Li, Jing ^b   Zhang, Ai Li ^a   Saba, Joseph ^a  

^a Axios International ^*  (China)

^b CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^c African Council for Sustainable Health and Development   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cancer control; Developing countries; Global public health; Healthcare systems; Women's cancers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951147866     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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