Barriers to overcome for effective cancer control in Africa

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2015, Pages e385-e393

  Harford, Joe B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONFLICT; CULTURAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCOME; LINGUISTICS; NORTH AFRICA; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; AFRICA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLACK PERSON; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAR;

AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAR;

EID: 84938094242     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00160-6     Document Type: Review

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