Incidence of childhood cancers in golestan province of Iran

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 335-342

  Moradi, Abdolvahab ^a   Semnani, Shahryar ^a   Roshandel, Gholamreza ^a   Mirbehbehani, Narges ^a   Keshtkarl, Abbasali ^a   Aarabi, Mohsen ^a   Moghaddami, Abbas ^a   Cheraghali, Fatemeh ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer registry; Childhood; Iran; Leukemia; Population

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; KIDNEY TUMOR; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINOBLASTOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

EID: 77957564950     PISSN: 10184406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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