Risk factors for gastric cancer in Latin America: A meta-analysis

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 217-231

  Bonequi, Patricia ^a   Meneses González, Fernando ^a   Correa, Pelayo ^b   Rabkin, Charles S ^c   Camargo, M Constanza ^c  

^a SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Gastric cancer; Latin America; Meta analysis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; PROTEIN P53; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STOMACH CANCER;

DIET; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; LIFE STYLE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84878852832     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-012-0110-z     Document Type: Article

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