The gastro-esophageal malignancies in Northern Iran research project: impact on the health research and health care systems in Iran.

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Published in Arch Iran Med on January 01, 2013

Authors

Sadaf G Sepanlou1, Arash Etemadi, Farin Kamangar, Alireza Sepehr, Akram Pourshams, Hossein Poustchi, Farhad Islami, Alireza Sadjadi, Dariush Nasrollahzadeh, Shahryar Semnani, Farrokh Saidi, Christian C Abnet, Bruce Ponder, Paul D Pharoah, Nicholas E Day, Paul Brennan, Paolo Boffetta, Sanford M Dawsey, Reza Malekzadeh

Author Affiliations

1: Digestive Disease Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran.

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