Oesophageal adenocarcinoma: A paradigm of mechanical carcinogenesis?

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 269-270

  Vecchia, Carlo La ^a,b   Negri, Eva ^a   Lagiou, Pagona ^c,d   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^c,d  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Oesophageal adenocarcinoma; Risk

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CARDIA CARCINOMA; DIET; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0037145736     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10697     Document Type: Article

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