Africa's oesophageal cancer corridor: Geographic variations in incidence correlate with certain micronutrient deficiencies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Schaafsma, Torin ^a   Wakefield, Jon ^a   Hanisch, Rachel ^b   Bray, Freddie ^b   Schüz, Joachim ^b   Joy, Edward J M ^c,d   Watts, Michael J ^c   McCormack, Valerie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COPPER; IODINE; IRON; MAGNESIUM; PHYTATE; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER INCIDENCE; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; ZINC DEFICIENCY; ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DEFICIENCY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ADULT; AFRICA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SELENIUM; SEX DISTRIBUTION; ZINC;

EID: 84948700563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140107     Document Type: Article

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