Primary head and neck cancers in North Eastern Nigeria

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 305-313

  Otoh, E C ^a   Johnson, N W ^b   Danfillo, I S ^a   Adeleke, O A ^a   Olasoji, H A ^c  

^a Regional Centre for Oral Health Research and Training Initiatives RCORTI for Africa   (Nigeria)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cancers; Head and neck; Nigerians

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOUTH CANCER; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARCINOMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RETINOBLASTOMA; SARCOMA;

EID: 14244270326     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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