Cancer Registration in Basrah-Southern Iraq: Validation by Household Survey
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INTRODUCTION This paper describes recent population-based cancer registration In Basrah-Southern Iraq and presents a profile on the outcome over a period of four years (2005-2008). OBJECTIVES During these four years, extensive work was done to create a culture of a scientific approach to cancer, to enhance adequate cancer registration and subsequently to quantify the risk and enhance actions ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1513-7368
DOI: 10.7314/apjcp.2016.17.s3.197