The death rate in Japan from amyloidosis was analyzed using Japanese Vital Statistics for 1969-1985. The amyloidosis death rate has increased gradually year by year for both sexes. The changing patterns in mortality might be explained by a constantly improving ascertainment of amyloidosis. The overa
Salt and geographic variation in stomach cancer mortality in Japan
β Scribed by Satoshi Honjo; Suminori Kono; Momoko Yamaguchi
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 137 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0957-5243
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