Non-viral environmental risk factors for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A systematic review

Seminars in Cancer Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-126

  Jia, Wei Hua ^a   Qin, Hai De ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Interaction; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Non viral environmental risk factors; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CANCER MORTALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VEGETABLE;

DIET; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84857787725     PISSN: 1044579X     EISSN: 10963650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2012.01.009     Document Type: Review

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