## Abstract This paper provides the first comprehensive population based cancer survival estimates from the African continent. Fiveβyear absolute and relative survival estimates are presented for black and white Zimbabwean patients diagnosed with cancer in Harare, Zimbabwe between the years 1993 an
Renal weights in the Southern African black population
β Scribed by J. J. Moar; S. G. Reinach
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 479 KB
- Volume
- 76
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9483
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