Etiology of hepatocellular carcinoma in Italian patients with and without cirrhosis

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 213-216

  Chiesa, Roberta ^a   Donato, Francesco ^a,c   Tagger, Alessandro ^d   Favret, Maurizio ^b   Ribero, Maria Lisa ^e   Nardi, Giuseppe ^a   Gelatti, Umberto ^a   Bucella, Elena ^a   Tomasi, Enrica ^a   Portolani, Nazario ^c   Bonetti, Mariafausta ^f   Bettini, Lanberto ^g   Pelizzari, Giovanni ^h   Salmi, Andrea ⁱ   Savio, Antonella ⁱ   Garatti, Marco ⁱ   Callea, Francesco ^f  

^a Cattedra di Igiene Industriale   (Italy)

^b Servizio di Anatomia Patologica   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d Istituto di Virologia   (Italy)

^e Istituto di Igiene   (Italy)

^f Spedali Civili di Brescia   (Italy)

^g Prima Divisione di Medicina   (Italy)

^h Degli Spedali Civili di Brescia   (Italy)

ⁱ S Orsola Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; ITALY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0033996891     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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