Some epidemiological measures of cancer in Kuwait: National cancer registry data from 2000 -2009

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3113-3118

  El Basmy, A ^a   Al Mohannadi, S ^b   Al Awadi, A ^b  

^a Ministry of Heath   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KUWAIT CANCER CONTROL CENTER   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Incidence; Kuwait; Mortality; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873586882     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.7.3113     Document Type: Article

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