An eight-year snapshot of geospatial cancer research (2002-2009): Clinico-epidemiological and methodological findings and trends

Medical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1145-1162

  Boulos, Dina N Kamel ^a   Ghali, Ramy R ^a   Ibrahim, Ezzeldin M ^b   Boulos, Maged N Kamel ^c   Abdelmalik, Philip ^c  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b International Medical Centre   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Geographic information systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84655175096     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: 1559131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12032-010-9607-z     Document Type: Article

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