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Lung cancer in Basrah, Iraq during 2005-2012

Incidence and time trend

Omran S. Habib, Jasim N. Al-Asadi and Osama G. Hussien
Saudi Medical Journal November 2016, 37 (11) 1214-1219; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.11.16269

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