Epidemiology of hepatocellular carcinoma

Toxicology

Volumn 181-182, Issue , 2002, Pages 35-38

  Kew, Michael C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Age distribution; Incidence; Migration; Sex distribution; Time trends

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CHINESE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0037184845     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(02)00251-2     Document Type: Article

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