Rising incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma in Western countries: Is it possible to identify a population at risk?

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 275-278

  Incarbone, R ^a   Bonavina, L ^a   Szachnowicz, S ^a   Saino, G ^a   Peracchia, A ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CARDIA CARCINOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYMPTOM; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARDIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034449982     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2050.2000.00132.x     Document Type: Article

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