Cancer in the global health era: Opportunities for the middle east and Asia

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Dey, Subhojit ^a   Soliman, Amr S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; cancer; developing countries; Eastern Mediterranean; global health; international collaboration; LMICs; Middle East

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR;

ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77953819765     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539510372846     Document Type: Conference Paper

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