Meeting the emerging challenge of breast and cervical cancer in low- and middle-income countries.

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Published in Int J Gynaecol Obstet on August 09, 2012

Authors

Felicia M Knaul1, Afsan Bhadelia, Julie Gralow, Héctor Arreola-Ornelas, Ana Langer, Julio Frenk

Author Affiliations

1: Harvard Global Equity Initiative, Boston, MA, USA. Felicia_knaul@harvard.edu

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