A case-control study of risk factors of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Cancer Letters

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-22

  Chen, De Lin ^a,b   Huang, Teng Bo ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Logistic regression; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; GRAPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARCINOMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

PRUNUS DOMESTICA; VITIS SP.;

EID: 0030765560     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(97)00182-1     Document Type: Article

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