Cancer incidence rates in the Kurdistan Region/Iraq from 2007-2009

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1261-1264

  Othman, Ramadhan T ^a   Abdulljabar, Rezvan ^a   Saeed, Abdullah ^b   Kittani, Sarwar Sadiq ^b   Sulaiman, Hushyar M ^b   Mohammed, Sami A ^c   Rashid, Rekawt M ^b   Hussein, Nawfal R ^d  

^a Azadi Teaching Hospital   (Iraq)

^b General Directorate of Health   (Iraq)

^c Nanakaly Hospital   (Iraq)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUHOK   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; Kurdistan iraq; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857975880     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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