Epidemiology of oral cancer in Asia in the past decade - An update (2000-2012)

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5567-5577

  Rao, Sree Vidya Krishna ^a   Mejia, Gloria ^a   Roberts Thomson, Kaye ^a   Logan, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence; Mortality; Oral cancer; Risk factor; Socioeconomic conditions

Indexed keywords

ASIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

ASIA; HUMANS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84890455710     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.10.5567     Document Type: Review

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