Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the Northeastern states of India

Chinese Journal of Cancer

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 106-113

  Kataki, Amal Chandra ^a   Simons, Malcolm J ^b,c   Das, Ashok Kumar ^a   Sharma, Kalpana ^d   Kumar Mehra, Narinder ^e  

^a DR B BOROOAH CANCER INSTITUTE   (India)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^c Simons Haplomics Limited   (China)

^d GAUHATI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^e ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Age adjusted rate; Nasopharyngeal neoplasm; Northeast India

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC RISK; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MIGRATION; MONGOLOID RACE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 79954506032     PISSN: 1000467X     EISSN: 1944446X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5732/cjc.010.10607     Document Type: Article

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