Breast cancer in Egypt, China and Chinese: Statistics and beyond

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 864-866

  Azim, Hamdy A ^a   Ibrahim, Amal S ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STATISTICS; CHINA; CHINESE; DIETARY INTAKE; EDITORIAL; EGYPT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84905912722     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.06.38     Document Type: Editorial

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