Staple Ethiopian diet and cancer of the oesophagus

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 353-356

  Mengesha, B ^a,c   Ergete, W ^b  

^a Mexico Higher Clinic   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c NONE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERAGROSTIS; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; ETHIOPIA; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSALITY; CHRISTIANITY; DIET; ERAGROSTIS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ETHIOPIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 27544447952     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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