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Published on May 1, 2012 | http://doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2012.04.5406

Cancer control in Latin America: another inequity for the region

Control de cáncer en América Latina: otra inequidad para la región

María Eugenia Aponte-Rueda, Cono Gumina

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María Eugenia Aponte-Rueda

Sociedad Anticancerosa de Venezuela

Cono Gumina

Sociedad Anticancerosa de Venezuela

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Citation Aponte-Rueda ME, Gumina C. Cancer control in Latin America: another inequity for the region. Medwave 2012;12(04):e5406 doi: 10.5867/medwave.2012.04.5406

Submission date 29/03/2012

Acceptance date 12/04/2012

Publication date 01/05/2012

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