Childhood cancer in Iran

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 376-382

  Mousavi, Seyed Mohsen ^a,b,c,d,e   Pourfeizi, Abbasali ^a   Dastgiri, Saeid ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Incidence rate; Iran; Mortality rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FAMILIAL CANCER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IRAN; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; LYMPHOMA; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PARENTAL SMOKING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEARCH ENGINE; SEX RATIO; THYROID CANCER; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEARCH ENGINE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77955864767     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3181e003f7     Document Type: Article

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