Diet and other risk factors for laryngeal cancer in Shanghai, China

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 178-191

  Zheng, Wei ^a,b   Blot, William J ^b   Shu, Xiao Ou ^a   Gao, Yu Tang ^a   Ji, Bu Tian ^a   Ziegler, Regina G ^b   Fraumeni, Joseph F ^b  

^a SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

^b EPN 3108   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Ascorbic acid; Carotene; Case control studies; Diet; Laryngeal neoplasms; Occupations; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENE; COAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHINA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LARYNX TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026760338     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116484     Document Type: Article

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