Importance of anatomical subsite in correlating risk factors in cancer of the oesophagus - Report of a case-control study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1306-1311

  Nandakumar, A ^a   Anantha, N ^a   Pattabhiraman, V ^a   Prabhakaran, P S ^a   Dhar, M ^a   Puttaswamy, K ^a   Venugopal, T C ^a   Reddy, N M S ^a   Rajanna, ^a   Vinutha, A T ^a   Srinivas, ^a  

^a KIDWAI MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Oesophageal cancer; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PLANTS, TOXIC; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

EID: 0029894848     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.249     Document Type: Article

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