Environmental risk factors for oesophageal cancer in Malawi: A case-control study

Malawi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 88-92

  Mlombe, Y B ^a   Rosenberg, N E ^b,c   Wolf, L L ^b   Dzamalala, C P ^a   Chalulu, K ^d   Chisi, J ^a   Shaheen, N J ^c   Hosseinipour, M C ^b,c   Shores, C G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b University of North Carolina ^*  (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHARCOAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84945977631     PISSN: 19957262     EISSN: 19957270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/mmj.v27i3.3     Document Type: Article

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