Esophageal cancer in African Blacks of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa: An epidemiological brief

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 786-789

  Dlamini, Zodwa ^a   Bhoola, Kanti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Esophageal carcinoma; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; MAIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 27844509994     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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