Increased oesophageal cancer mortality rate in Iran

Arab Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 82-84

  Pourhoseingholi, Mohamad Amin ^a   Fazeli, Zeinab ^a   Moghimi Dehkordi, Bijan ^a   Vahedi, Mohsen ^b   Pourhoseingholi, Asma ^a   Safaee, Azadeh ^a   Ashtari, Sarah ^a   Zali, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Age standardised; Burden; Iran; Mortality; Oesophageal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866293436     PISSN: 16871979     EISSN: 20902387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajg.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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