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A case-control study of human immunodeficiency virus infection and cancer in adults and children residing in Kampala, Uganda.
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Uganda offers a unique setting in which to study the effect of human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) on cancer. HIV-1 is prevalent there, and cancers which are known to be HIV-associated, such as Kaposi's sarcoma and Burkitt's lymphoma, are endemic. Adults residing in Kampala, Uganda, presenting with cancer in city hospitals were interviewed and had an HIV test. Of the 302 adults recruited, 190 had cancers with a potentially infectious aetiology (cases). The remaining 112 adults with tumours...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- International journal of cancer. Journal international du cancer
- Volume:
- 92
- Issue:
- 5
- Pages:
- 622-627
- Publication date:
- 2001-06-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1097-0215
- ISSN:
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0020-7136
- Source identifiers:
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31872
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:31872
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- Local pid:
- pubs:31872
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2001
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