Geographic variation in viral load among hepatitis B carriers with differing risks of hepatocellular carcinoma

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 559-565

  Evans, Alison A ^a   O'Connell, Anna P ^a   Pugh, John C ^a   Mason, William S ^a   Shen, Fu Min ^b   Chen, Gong Chao ^c   Lin, Wen Yao ^c   Dia, Amadou ^d   M'Boup, Souleymane ^d   Dramé, Babacar ^d   London, W Thomas ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Haimen City Anti Epidemic Station   (China)

^d Army of Senegal   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENEGAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CARRIER STATE; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENEGAL; UNITED STATES; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 7344219819     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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