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Population attributable fraction of Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma due to smoking and alcohol in Uganda

BACKGROUND: Despite the high rates and regional variation of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) in East Africa, the contributions of smoking and alcohol to the ESCC burden in the general population are unknown. METHODS: We conducted a case-control study of patients presenting for upper gastro...

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Autores principales: Okello, Samson, Churchill, Cristina, Owori, Rogers, Nasasira, Benson, Tumuhimbise, Christine, Abonga, Charles Lagoro, Mutiibwa, David, Christiani, David C., Corey, Kathleen E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4940693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27400987
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-016-2492-x