Adenocarcinoma of the colon and rectum in the Kashmiri population

Indian Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 143-144

  Sameer, A Syed ^a   Chowdhri, Nissar A ^a   Siddiqi, Mushtaq A ^a  

^a SHER I KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE; NITRATE; NITROSO DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EXPOSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; RECTUM CARCINOMA;

EID: 77949627468     PISSN: 09716866     EISSN: 1998362X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6866.60192     Document Type: Article

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