Upper urothelial tumors in emigrants from Balkan endemic nephropathy areas in Serbia

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 240-244

  Nikolic, Jovan ^a   Djokic, Milan ^a   Ignjatovic, Ivan ^b   Stefanovic, Vladisav ^b,c  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b Institute of Radiology   (Serbia)

^c CLINICAL CENTER NIS   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Balkan endemic nephropathy; Upper urothelial tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; UROGENITAL TRACT TUMOR; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 33750026374     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094816     Document Type: Article

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