Geographic epidemiology in a small area: Cancer incidence in Baakline, Lebanon, 2000-2008;Épidémiologie géographique dans une petite zone: Incidence du cancer à baakline (Liban) entre 2000 et 2008

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 320-326

  Adib, S M ^a   Tabbal, N ^b   Hamadeh, R ^c   Ammar, W ^d  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Primary Healthcare Department   (Lebanon)

^d MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLADDER CANCER; BONE CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; COLORECTAL CANCER; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LEBANON; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; ABSTINENCE; AGE AT DIAGNOSIS; BIRTH RATE; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY SIZE; FATALITY; FOOD ABSTINENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; POLLUTION; POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84878032599     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2013.19.4.320     Document Type: Article

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