Schistosomiasis and the risk of bladder cancer in Alexandria, Egypt

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1186-1189

  Bedwani, R ^a   Renganathan, E ^b   El Kwhsky, F ^a   Braga, C ^c   Abu Seif, H H ^a   Abul Azm, T ^a   Zaki, A ^a   Franceschi, S ^d   Boffetta, P ^e   La Vecchia, C ^c,f  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^d CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^e INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Epidemiology; Schistosomiasis; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SMOKING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0031905995     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.197     Document Type: Article

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