Epidemiology of gastric cancer in Japan

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 957, 2005, Pages 419-424

  Inoue, M ^a,b   Tsugane, S ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD STORAGE; FRUIT; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SALT INTAKE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STOMACH CANCER; VEGETABLE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM STAGING; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 22344438694     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.029330     Document Type: Review

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