Self-induced vomiting - Risk for oesophageal cancer?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 209-212

  Matsha, T ^a   Stepien, A ^b   Blanco Blanco, E ^b   Brink, L T ^a   Lombard, C J ^c   van Rensburg, S ^a   Erasmus, R T ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; VOMITING;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CULTURE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; VOMITING;

EID: 33645288841     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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