Time trends and geographical distribution of childhood leukaemia in Basrah, Iraq, from 2004 to 2009

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-220

  Alrudainy, Laith A ^a   Hassan, Jenan G ^a   Salih, Hussam M ^a   Abbas, Mohammed K ^a   Majeed, Athar AS ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Basrah; Cancer registry study; Childhood leukemia; Incidence; Iraq; Time trend

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957934174     PISSN: 2075051X     EISSN: 20750528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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