Diet, reflux and the development of squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus in Africa

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 891-896

  Sammon, A M ^a   Alderson, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; LINOLEIC ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

AFRICA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CARCINOGENESIS; DIET; DYSPLASIA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FAT INTAKE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAIZE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH PH; TOBACCO;

AFRICA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIET; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS;

EID: 0031824921     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00780.x     Document Type: Review

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