Bladder cancer in various population groups in the greater Durban area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-208

  Groeneveld, A E ^a   Marszalek, W W ^a   Heyns, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bladder neoplasms; Epidemiology; Schistosomiasis; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARCINOSARCOMA; CAUCASIAN; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0030434026     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1996.09310.x     Document Type: Article

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