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Cancer Trends and Risk Factors in Morocco

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Cancer Care in Countries and Societies in Transition

Abstract

Morocco (population 32.52 million people) is a country in Northern Africa that covers an area of 700,000 km2. Its boundaries border the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Mauritania. The capital of Morocco is Rabat (Fig. 3.1).

According to the United Nations human development index (HDI), Morocco is ranked 125/177 countries worldwide (value 0.620) and 6/45 African countries for which an index is available (Report of the United Nations Development program 2004 (HDI 2002). http://hdr.undp.org/statistics/data/indic_8_1_1.html).

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  1. Center of Pain and Palliative Care, Hôpital Cheikh Khalifa Ibn Zaid, Boulevard Mohamed Taieb Naciri, Hay El Hassani, Casablanca, BP, 82403, Rabat, Morocco

    Mati Nejmi M.D.

  2. Department of Medical Oncology, National Institute of Oncology, Rabat, Morocco

    Saber Boutayeb M.D.

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Nejmi, M., Boutayeb, S. (2016). Cancer Trends and Risk Factors in Morocco. In: Silbermann, M. (eds) Cancer Care in Countries and Societies in Transition. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22912-6_3

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