Esophageal cancer occurrence in southeastern Iran

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1-2

  Ziaian, Bijan ^a   Montazeri, Vahid ^b   Khazaiee, Reza ^b   Amini, Shahram ^b   Karimi, Mehrbod ^b   Mehrabani, Davood ^c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANOREXIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IRAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING HABIT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 77954707950     PISSN: 17351995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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