Ethnic differences in the occurrence of oropharyngeal cancer in Taiwan

Public Health

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 765-773

  Ho, P S ^a   Yang, Y H ^a,b   Shieh, T Y ^a,b   Chen, C H ^a,b   Tsai, C C ^a,b   Ko, Y C ^c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aborigine; Ethnic group; Fukkien; Hakka; Oropharyngeal cancer

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OROPHARYNX CANCER; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN;

ARECA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; POPULATION GROUPS; TAIWAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

ARECA;

EID: 34547420803     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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