Cancer Incidence in Oman (1996-2015)

Affiliations

¹ Directorate General of Primary Health Care, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman.
² Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
³ Eastern Mediterranean NCD Alliance, Kuwait, Kuwait.
⁴ National Oncology Centre, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.

Editorial

Jawad A Al-Lawati et al. Oman Med J. 2019 Jul.

. 2019 Jul;34(4):271-273.

doi: 10.5001/omj.2019.55.

¹ Directorate General of Primary Health Care, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman.
² Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
³ Eastern Mediterranean NCD Alliance, Kuwait, Kuwait.
⁴ National Oncology Centre, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.

No abstract available

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