Cancer profile in Eastern Libya: Incidence and mortality in the year 2004

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1924-1926

  El Mistiri, M ^a   Pirani, M ^b   El Sahli, N ^a   El Mangoush, M ^a   Attia, A ^a   Shembesh, R ^a   Habel, S ^c   El Homry, F ^c   Hamad, S ^c   Federico, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENGHAZI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c OMAR AL MUKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 77956110948     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdq334     Document Type: Letter

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