Pediatric Oncology as the Next Global Child Health Priority: The Need for National Childhood Cancer Strategies in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1-5

  Gupta, Sumit ^a,b   Rivera Luna, Roberto ^c   Ribeiro, Raul C ^d   Howard, Scott C ^d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^d ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD HEALTH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE ELIGIBILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; NEOPLASMS;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84903278539     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001656     Document Type: Article

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