Esophageal cancer incidence trends in northeastern Iran: Comparing rates over 36 years

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 194-195

  Khademi, Hooman ^a,b   Kamangar, Farin ^a,c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; EDITORIAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IRAN; PREVALENCE; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NEOPLASM; NOTE; REGISTER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84862252645     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: 17353947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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