Cancer diagnoses in Iraqi refugees

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 950-951

  Mateen, Farrah J ^a,b   Carone, Marco ^c   Al Saedy, Huda ^d   Nyce, Sayre ^e   Mutuerandu, Timothy ^d   Ghosn, Jad ^e   Jatoi, Aminah ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Jordan)

^e United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Lebanon)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; CHILD; COST; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INFANT; JORDAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REFUGEES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84866384569     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2012.667148     Document Type: Letter

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