Hepatocellular carcinoma and dietary aflatoxin in Mozambique and Transkei

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1985, Pages 713-726

  van Rensburg, S J ^a   Cook Mozaffari, P ^b   van Schalkwyk, D J ^c   van der Watt, J J ^a   Vincent, T J ^d   Purchase, I F ^a,e  

^a National Research Institute for Nutritional Diseases ^*  (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Biostatistics ^*  (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e ICI   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXIN;

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MOZAMBIQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFLATOXINS; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0022069561     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1985.107     Document Type: Article

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