Alcohol, tobacco and oesophageal cancer: Effects of the duration of consumption, mean intake and current and former consumption

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1389-1396

  Launoy, G ^a,b,e   Milan, C H ^c   Faivre, J ^c   Pienkowski, P ^d   Milan, C I ^c   Gignoux, M ^a  

^a Registre Général du Cancer du Calvados Hors Digestif   (France)

^b MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c Registre Cancers Digestifs Cote D   (France)

^d Registre Cancers Digestifs Haute G   (France)

^e CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Epidemiology; Exposure assessment; Oesophagus; Risk factor; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FRANCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TOBACCO; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0030963533     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.236     Document Type: Article

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