Nasopharyngeal cancer in a low-risk population: Defining risk factors by histological type

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 587-593

  Vaughan, Thomas L ^a,b   Shapiro, Jean A ^a,b   Burt, Richard D ^a,b   Swanson, G Marie ^c   Berwick, Marianne ^d,e   Lynch, Charles F ^f   Lyon, Joseph L ^g  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029789947     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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