Pattern of cancer occurrence in rural population of West Bengal - A hospital-based study

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 505-508

  Karmakar, Rupam ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Anjali ^a   Barui, Gopinath ^a   Maiti, Pradip Kumar ^a,b   Bhattacharya, Aparna ^a   Choudhuri, Manoj Kumar ^a,c  

^a R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NRS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c BANKURA SAMMILANI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; HUMAN; INDIA; LARYNX CANCER; MOUTH CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 77957243207     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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