Risk factors associated with hepatocellular carcinoma notified to the anti-cancer council of Victoria in 1991-1992

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 626-630

  Thompson, Sandra C ^a,c   Lin, An ^a   Warren, Rosemary ^a   Giles, Graham ^b   Crofts, Nick ^a  

^a MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c Territory Health Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0031447476     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1997.tb01767.x     Document Type: Article

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