Measuring socioeconomic disparities in cancer incidence in Tehran, 2008

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2955-2960

  Rohani Rasaf, Marzieh ^a   Moradi Lakeh, Maziar ^b   Ramezani, Rashid ^c   Asadi Lari, Mohsen ^d  

^a ZANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asr; Cancer incidence; Geographical information system; Iran; Socioeconomic disparity; Tehran

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874101272     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.6.2955     Document Type: Article

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