Risk of cancer development in India

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 387-391

  Murthy, Nandagudi Srinivasa ^a   Rajaram, Dinesh ^b   Gautham, M S ^b   Shivaraj, N S ^b   Nandakumar, B S ^b   Pruthvish, Sreekantaiah ^b  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b M S RAMAIAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; India; Life table; Probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958836488     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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