Population-Based Cancer Registration in Sub-Saharan Africa: Its Role in Research and Cancer Control

Overview

Journal JCO Glob Oncol

Specialty Oncology

Date 2020 Nov 12

PMID 33180635

Citations 23

Authors

Abidemi Emmanuel Omonisi

Biying Liu

Donald Maxwell Parkin

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