Incidence of childhood cancer in Kingston and St Andrew, Jamaica, 1983-2002

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 575-581

  Bishop, K L ^a   Hanchard, B ^a   Gibson, T N ^a   Lowe, D ^a   McNaughton, D ^a   Waugh, N ^a   Akimbebe, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Jamaica

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF CHILDHOOD CANCER THIRD EDITION; JAMAICA; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KIDNEY TUMOR; NEOPLASM; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAMAICA; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; URBAN POPULATION; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 84907865662     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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