Epidemiology of esophageal cancer in Japan and China

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 233-242

  Lin, Yingsong ^a   Totsuka, Yukari ^b   He, Yutong ^c   Kikuchi, Shogo ^a   Qiao, Youlin ^d   Ueda, Junko ^a   Wei, Wenqiang ^d   Inoue, Manami ^b,e   Tanaka, Hideo ^f  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Esophageal cancer; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHINA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84881575374     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20120162     Document Type: Review

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