1. Epidemiology of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Malaysia and Hong Kong.
- Author
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Yu MC, Ho JH, Henderson BE, and Armstrong RW
- Subjects
- Adult, Animals, Diet, Female, Fishes, Food Handling, Hong Kong, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Malaysia, Male, Medical History Taking, Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms etiology, Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms radiotherapy, Risk, Smoking, Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms epidemiology
- Abstract
We conducted 2 case-control studies with Malaysian and Hong Kong Chinese and investigated the association between salted fish intake and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Both studies show a highly significant association between salted fish intake, especially during childhood, and NPC. Furthermore, from our results we estimate that the majority of NPC cases occurring in the southern Chinese can be attributed to their consumption of this food early in life.
- Published
- 1985