Informing etiologic research priorities for squamous cell esophageal cancer in Africa: A review of setting-specific exposures to known and putative risk factors

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 259-271

  McCormack, V A ^a   Menya, D ^b   Munishi, M O ^c   Dzamalala, C ^d,e   Gasmelseed, N ^f,g   Leon Roux, M ^a   Assefa, M ^h   Osano, O ⁱ   Watts, M ^j   Mwasamwaja, A O ^c,k   Mmbaga, B T ^c,k   Murphy, G ^l   Abnet, C C ^l   Dawsey, S M ^l   Schuz J ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c KILIMANJARO CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^e Malawi Cancer Registry   (Malawi)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAFR AL BATIN   (Saudi Arabia)

^h ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ELDORET   (Kenya)

^j BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^k KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^l NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Africa; esophageal cancer; risk factors

Indexed keywords

NITROSAMINE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ANIMAL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84983251062     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.30292     Document Type: Review

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