Age-specific incidence of cancer in Kingston and St. Andrew, Jamaica, 2003-2007.

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Published in West Indian Med J on October 01, 2010

Authors

T N Gibson1, B Hanchard, N Waugh, D McNaughton

Author Affiliations

1: Jamaica Cancer Registry, Department of Pathology, The University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica. tracey.gibson@uwimona.edu.jm

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