A case-control study of Burkitt lymphoma in East Africa: Are local health facilities an appropriate source of representative controls?

Infectious Agents and Cancer

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Baik, Sonya ^a   Mbaziira, Mike ^b   Williams, Makeda ^c   Ogwang, Martin D ^b   Kinyera, Tobias ^b   Emmanuel, Benjamin ^c   Ziegler, John L ^a   Reynolds, Steven J ^d   Mbulaiteye, Sam M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b St Mary's Hospital Lacor Uganda   (Uganda)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UGANDA;

EID: 84863410219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17509378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1750-9378-7-5     Document Type: Article

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