Incidence rate of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas among males in Saudi Arabia: An observational descriptive epidemiological analysis of data from the Saudi cancer registry, 2001-2008

International Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 311-317

  Alghamdi, Ibrahim G ^a,b   Hussain, Issam I ^a   Alghamdi, Mohamed S ^c   Dohal, Ahlam A ^d   Alghamdi, Mansour M ^d   El Sheemy, Mohammed A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b AL BAHA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING FAHAD SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^e UNITED LINCOLNSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age standardized incidence rate; Cancer epidemiology; Incidence rate; Non Hodgkin's lymphomas; Saudi cancer registry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84903381408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJGM.S63645     Document Type: Article

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