Life-style factors and medical, conditions in relation to esophageal cancer by histologic type in a low-risk population

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 295-299

  Garidou, Anna ^a   Tzonou, Anastasia ^a,b   Lipworth, Loren ^b   Signorello, Lisa B ^b   Kalapothaki, Victoria ^a   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FRUIT; GREECE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029806335     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19961104)68:3<295::AID-IJC5>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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