The Arab world, stretching from Lebanon and Syria in the north, through to Morocco in the
west, Yemen in the south and Iraq in the east, is the home of more than 300 million people. …

… For Basrah’s cases, data on age, sex, residence, fate, history of travel and presence of co-morbidity
were obtained for 152 cases only. Data on population of Iraqi governorates were …

South-West Asia, stretching from Lebanon and Syria in the north, through to Yemen in the
south and Iraq inthe east, is the home of more than 250 million people. Cancer is already a …

A household survey was conducted in 1982–83 in a sample of 324 households served by
five health centres in two different areas of Southern Iraq. Information from each household …

Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer in females. Its incidence is higher in developed
countries than in developing ones partly due to variation in risk exposure and partly due to …

Cancer is a disease which shows significant variation with time and across geographical
entities. In Basrah, Iraq, despite the widespread impression that cancer is increasing, …

Introduction: This paper describes recent population-based cancer registration In Basrah-Southern
Iraq and presents a profile on the outcome over a period of four years (2005-2008). …

Background: Cancer is a major health problem at global level. It is increasingly registered in
Iraq and Basrah but the epidemiological situation, though becoming better documented, is …

Background: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading causes of death worldwide. Their
incidence particularly coronary heart diseases (CHD) are increasing among young adult. …

A survey was conducted in Basrah involving a random sample of 720 children obtained from
lists of names in 12 primary schools. The sample covered 20% of pupils registered in the …