This report presents the results of an epidemiologic case-control study. The study includes 58 cases and 116 controls from both sexes, selected from the Admission Register of the Hospital and from the Death Registry Office of the local city authorities. Controls have been matched to cases by age, se
Epidemiology of bladder cancer in Alexandria, Egypt: Tobacco smoking
β Scribed by Ramez Bedwani; Fayek El-Khwsky; Elil Renganathan; Claudia Braga; Hoda H. Abu Seif; Tosson Abul Azm; Adel Zaki; Silvia Franceschi; Paolo Boffetta; Carlo La Vecchia
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 41 KB
- Volume
- 73
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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