The high incidence of esophageal cancer in parts of China may result primarily from genetic rather than environmental factors

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 392-397

  Zhang, Hexi ^a,b   Chen, Zhichao ^a   Cheng, Jinpeng ^a   Zhu, Xiaoling ^a   Guo, Weiren ^c   Hu, Andong ^a   Du, Yukai ^a   Zhou, Yikai ^a   Wang, Youjie ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b XINXIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Health Bureau of Zhongxiang City   (China)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Migrant study; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHINA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 77954923007     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2009.01020.x     Document Type: Article

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