Epidemiology of hepatocellular carcinoma in sub-Saharan Africa

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 173-182

  Kew, Michael C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NEGRO; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880575792     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31354-7     Document Type: Review

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