Gastric cancer: global pattern of the disease and an overview of environmental risk factors

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 633-649

  Forman, D ^a   Burley, V J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alcohol; cardia; diet; environmental risk factors; geographical variation; Helicobacter pylori; incidence; mortality; obesity; physical activity; smoking; time trends

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; GARLIC EXTRACT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLISHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33748678896     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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