Epidemiological studies on the distribution and determinants of biliary tract cancer

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 223-229

  Yamamoto, Masaharu ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bile duct cancer; Biliary tract cancer; Chile; Epidemiology; Gallbladder cancer; Japan

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; AGED; BILE DUCT CANCER; BILIARY TRACT CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHILE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; REVIEW;

CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM;

EID: 0037278410     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1265/ehpm.2003.223     Document Type: Review

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