Changing Incidence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Japan

Cancer Research

Volumn 47, Issue 18, 1987, Pages 4967-4972

  Okuda, Kunio ^a,c   Fujimoto, Isaburo ^a,c   Hanai, Aya ^b   Urano, Yoshinori ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CENTER FOR ADULT DISEASES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; HEPATITIS NON A NON B; JAPAN; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AUTOPSY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0023199918     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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