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Factors associated with the high prevalence of oesophageal cancer in Western Kenya: a review

Oesophageal carcinoma (OC) is highly prevalent in Western Kenya especially among the members of the Kalenjin community who reside in the Northern and Southern areas of the Rift Valley. Previous authors have suggested potential association of environmental and genetic risk factors with this high prev...

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Autores principales:	Kigen, Gabriel, Busakhala, Naftali, Kamuren, Zipporah, Rono, Hillary, Kimalat, Wilfred, Njiru, Evangeline
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2017
Materias:	Review
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5670732/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29142587 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13027-017-0169-y

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