Problem of small numbers in reporting of cancer incidence and mortality rates in Indian cancer registries

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 657-660

  Takiar, Ramnath ^a   Nadayil, Deenu ^a   Nandakumar, A ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

AAR; Broad age groups; Cancer; Data pool; Least significant incidence rate; Small numbers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951193664     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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