Clinico-pathological features of bladder carcinoma in women in Pakistan and smokeless tobacco as a possible risk factor

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Rafique, Muhammad ^a  

^a NISHTAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BLADDER PAPILLOMA; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYSTOSCOPY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MUSCLE TUMOR; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAKISTAN; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SOLID TUMOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; UROLOGY;

EID: 27444433985     PISSN: 14777819     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-3-53     Document Type: Article

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