Socioeconomic status and lung cancer risk in Nepal

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1083-1088

  Hashibe, Mia ^a   Siwakoti, Bhola ^b   Wei, Mei ^a   Thakur, Binay Kumar ^b   Pun, Chin Bahadur ^b   Shrestha, Bhakta Man ^b   Burningham, Zachary ^a   Lee, Yuan chin Amy ^a   Sapkota, Amir ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital   (Nepal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Control measures; Natural history; Risk factors; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863056142     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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