Risk factors for oesophageal cancer in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorMyers, Jonnyen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorSitas, Fen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSewram, Vikashen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-07T13:49:23Z
dc.date.available2014-11-07T13:49:23Z
dc.date.issued2006en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 196-245).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractA multicenter hospital-based case-control study with incidence density sampling was conducted between November 2001 and February 2003 to assess the impact of social and dietary habits, and the consumption of dietary and medicinal wild plants on the risk of developing oesophageal cancer (OC) among residents of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The study was conducted on 670 incident cases (98/% response rate) and 1188 controls (96/% response rate) attending either of the three major referral hospitals in the Province, i.e Umtata General, Frere and Cecilia Makiwane Hospitals.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSewram, V. (2006). <i>Risk factors for oesophageal cancer in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9335en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSewram, Vikash. <i>"Risk factors for oesophageal cancer in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9335en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSewram, V. 2006. Risk factors for oesophageal cancer in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Sewram, Vikash AB - A multicenter hospital-based case-control study with incidence density sampling was conducted between November 2001 and February 2003 to assess the impact of social and dietary habits, and the consumption of dietary and medicinal wild plants on the risk of developing oesophageal cancer (OC) among residents of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The study was conducted on 670 incident cases (98/% response rate) and 1188 controls (96/% response rate) attending either of the three major referral hospitals in the Province, i.e Umtata General, Frere and Cecilia Makiwane Hospitals. DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 T1 - Risk factors for oesophageal cancer in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa TI - Risk factors for oesophageal cancer in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9335 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/9335
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSewram V. Risk factors for oesophageal cancer in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, 2006 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9335en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Public Health and Family Medicineen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPublic Health and Primary Health Careen_ZA
dc.titleRisk factors for oesophageal cancer in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoral
dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_ZA
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