Mesotheliomas in Lebanon: Witnessing a Change in Epidemiology |
Kattan, Joseph
(Department of Hematology-Oncology, Hotel-Dieu de France University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University)
Eid, Roland (Internal Medicine, Hotel-Dieu de France University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University) Kourie, Hampig Raphael (Department of Hematology-Oncology, Hotel-Dieu de France University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University) Farhat, Fadi (Department of Hematology-Oncology, Hotel-Dieu de France University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University) Ghosn, Marwan (Department of Hematology-Oncology, Hotel-Dieu de France University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University) Ghorra, Claude (Department of Pathology, Hotel-Dieu de France University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University) Tomb, Roland (Department of Dermatology, Hotel-Dieu de France University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University) |
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