Familial prevalence of cancer in Iran: A general population estimate

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 289-295

  Moghimi Dehkordi, Bijan ^a   Safaee, Azadeh ^a   Vahedi, Mohsen ^a,b   Pourhoseingholi, Mohamad Amin ^a   Pourhoseingholi, Asma ^a   Habibi, Manijeh ^a   Zali, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cancer in Iran; Cross sectional; Family history; Prevalence; Screening; Self report

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958745870     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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