Primary head and neck cancers in Jos, Nigeria: A re-visit

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 92-100

  Otoh, E C ^a   Johnson, N W ^b   Mandong, B M ^c   Danfillo, I S ^a  

^a Regional Centre for Oral Health Research and Training Initiatives RCORTI for Africa   (Nigeria)

^b King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine and Dentistry   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cancers; Head and neck; Jos; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; EYE CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NIGERIA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SARCOMA; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STUDENT T TEST; THYROID CARCINOMA; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33747035625     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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