Prevalence of Opisthorchis viverrini infection and incidence of cholangiocarcinoma in Khon Kaen, Northeast Thailand

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 588-594

  Sriamporn, S ^a,b   Pisani, P ^b   Pipitgool, V ^a,c   Suwanrungruang, K ^a   Kamsa ard, S ^a   Parkin, D H ^b  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cholangiocarcinoma; Liver cancer; Opisthorchis viverrini

Indexed keywords

ANTITREMATODAL AGENT;

CANCER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; PARASITIC DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; THAILAND;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THAILAND;

ASIA; EURASIA; KHON KAEN; NORTHEASTERN REGION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HEPATICA; OPISTHORCHIS; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; TREMATODA; TRIXIS;

EID: 2442656369     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01234.x     Document Type: Article

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