Epidemiology of laryngeal cancer: Results of the Heidelberg case- control study

Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 527, 1997, Pages 160-164

  Maier, Heinz ^a   Tisch, Matthias ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHRKRANKENHAUS ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

epidemiology; laryngeal cancer; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIET; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; LARYNX TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GERMANY, WEST; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0030611162     PISSN: 03655237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489709124063     Document Type: Article

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