Patterns of and hypotheses for infection-related cancers in a Chinese population with rapid economic development

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1904-1919

  Chung, R Y ^a   Leung, G M ^a   Cowling, B J ^a   Schooling, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

cancer; Chinese; Economic development; Epstein Barr virus infections; Helicobacter pylori; hepatitis B virus; human papillomavirus; human T lymphotropic virus; mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CHINA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RELATED CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NEOPLASM; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STOMACH CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 84865463570     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811002469     Document Type: Article

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