Systematic review: Epidemiology of oesophageal

Malawi Medical Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 65-70

  Kachala, Rabson ^a  

^a Ritsumeikan Asia Pacifc University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650213262     PISSN: 19957262     EISSN: 19957270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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