Epidemiology of Gallbladder Cancer

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 307-330

  Eslick, Guy D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Female gender; Gallbladder cancer; Gallstones; Incidence; Mortality; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HEALTH; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS;

GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; WORLD HEALTH; GLOBAL HEALTH;

EID: 77952820802     PISSN: 08898553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gtc.2010.02.011     Document Type: Review

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