Social aspects of cancer genesis review article

Cancer Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue ISSUE A, 2010, Pages 6-14

  Ali, Imran ^a   Rahis ud din, ^a   Saleem, Kishwar ^a   Aboul Enein, Hassan Y ^b   Rather, Ashraf ^a  

^a JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cancer distribution; Cancer genesis; Cure measures; Modernization; Prevention

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ATOMIC BOMB; AWARENESS; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; DRUG ABUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIFESTYLE; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MENARCHE; NEOPLASM; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; OZONE DEPLETION; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CANCER; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 80052876511     PISSN: 15439135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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