Chronic inhaled cocaine abuse may predispose to the development of pancreatic adenocarcinoma

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 426-427

  Duarte, João G C ^a   Do Nascimento, Alessandra F ^a   Pantoja, João G ^b   Chaves, Célio P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Barra D'Or   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033453991     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(99)00200-7     Document Type: Article

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