The epidemiology of conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma in Uganda.

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Published in Br J Cancer on July 29, 2002

Authors

R Newton1, J Ziegler, C Ateenyi-Agaba, L Bousarghin, D Casabonne, V Beral, E Mbidde, L Carpenter, G Reeves, D M Parkin, H Wabinga, S Mbulaiteye, H Jaffe, D Bourboulia, C Boshoff, A Touzé, P Coursaget, Uganda Kaposi's Sarcoma Study Group

Author Affiliations

1: Cancer Research UK, Epidemiology Unit, Gibson Building, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford OX2 6HE, UK.

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