The influence of alcohol consumption on worldwide trends in mortality from upper aerodigestive tract cancers in men

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 636-639

  Macfarlane, Gary J ^a   Macfarlane, Tatiana V ^b   Lowenfels, Albert B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DATA BASE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EUROPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LARYNX CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; NORTH AMERICA; PHARYNX CANCER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0030446055     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.6.636     Document Type: Article

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