The incidence rate of corpus uteri cancer among females in Saudi Arabia: An observational descriptive epidemiological analysis of data from Saudi Cancer Registry 2001-2008

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 141-147

  Alghamdi, Ibrahim G ^a   Hussain, Issam I ^a   Alghamdi, Mohamed S ^b   El Sheemy, Mohamed A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNITED LINCOLNSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age standardized incidence rate; Cancer epidemiology; Corpus uteri cancer; Saudi Cancer Registry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 84893480189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJWH.S56687     Document Type: Article

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