Cancer Incidence in Jordan from 1996 to 2009 - A Comprehensive Study

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3527-3534

  Ismail, Said Ibrahim ^a   Soubani, Majd ^a   Nimri, Jena Monther ^a   Al Zeer, Ali Hazem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence data; Epidemiology trends; Jordan; Leading cancer sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934094937     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.6.3527     Document Type: Article

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