Positive Association Between Hepatitis C Infection and Oral Cavity Cancer: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study in Taiwan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Su, Fu Hsiung ^a,b   Chang, Shih Ni ^c,d,e   Chen, Pei Chun ^e,f   Sung, Fung Chang ^c,e   Huang, Shiang Fu ^g   Chiou, Hung Yi ^a   Su, Chien Tien ^a,b   Lin, Cheng Chieh ^e,h,i   Yeh, Chih Ching ^a,c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^h CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

ⁱ ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MOUTH CANCER; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 84868135418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048109     Document Type: Article

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