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Trends in the incidence and mortality of cancer in Saudi Arabia

Mohammad A. Althubiti and Mohamed M. Nour Eldein
Saudi Medical Journal December 2018, 39 (12) 1259-1262; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.12.23348
Mohammad A. Althubiti
From the Department of Biochemistry (Althubiti, Eldein), Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Faculty of Medicine (Eldein), Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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Mohamed M. Nour Eldein
From the Department of Biochemistry (Althubiti, Eldein), Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Faculty of Medicine (Eldein), Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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