Pattern of transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder as seen at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 114-119

  Waihenya, C G ^a   Mungai, P N ^b  

^a Thika District Hospital   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; STATISTICS; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4444295922     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v81i3.9138     Document Type: Article

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