Cancers Affecting Women in Malaysia

Annals of Cancer Research and Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-25

  Musa, Maizura Binti ^a   Yusof, Fariza Bt Mohd ^a   Harun Or Rashid, Md ^a   Sakamoto, Junichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

cancer; incidence; Malaysia; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008365825     PISSN: 13446835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4993/acrt.19.20     Document Type: Article

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