Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 8 , Pages 591-596 , August 2010

Head and neck cancer in a developing country: A population-based perspective across 8years

  • Esra Attar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • ,
  • Subhojit Dey

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • ,
  • Ahmad Hablas

      Affiliations

    • Gharbiah Cancer Registry, Tanta Cancer Center, Tanta, Gharbiah, Egypt
    • ,
  • Ibrahim A. Seifeldin

      Affiliations

    • Gharbiah Cancer Registry, Tanta Cancer Center, Tanta, Gharbiah, Egypt
    • ,
  • Mohamed Ramadan

      Affiliations

    • Gharbiah Cancer Registry, Tanta Cancer Center, Tanta, Gharbiah, Egypt
    • ,
  • Laura S. Rozek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan, USA
    • ,
  • Amr S. Soliman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, 109 Observatory St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Tel.: +1 (734) 764 5469; fax: +1 (734) 764 3192.

Received 24 March 2010 ,Revised 13 May 2010 ,Accepted 14 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.05.002

Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 8 , Pages 591-596 , August 2010

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