Oral cancer in Enugu, Nigeria, 1998-2003

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 298-301

  Oji, Chima ^a   Chukwuneke, F N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Enugu; Nigeria; Occurrence; Oral cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RECORD; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH CAVITY; NIGERIA; POVERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TONGUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIP NEOPLASMS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH FLOOR; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NIGERIA; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34247537875     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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