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Recent incidence and descriptive epidemiological survey of breast cancer in Saudi Arabia

Shalini Saggu, Hasibur Rehman, Zahid K. Abbas and Abid A. Ansari
Saudi Medical Journal October 2015, 36 (10) 1176-1180; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.10.12268
Shalini Saggu
From the Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MSc, PhD
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Hasibur Rehman
From the Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MSc, PhD
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Zahid K. Abbas
From the Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abid A. Ansari
From the Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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