Prognostic factors and survival of laryngeal cancer patients from Turin, Italy: A population-based study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1100-1105

  Boffetta, Paolo ^a   Merletti, Franco ^b   Faggiano, Fabrizio ^c   Migliaretti, Giuseppe ^b   Ferro, Gilles ^a   Zanetti, Roberto ^d   Terracini, Benedetto ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b Amedeo Avogadro University   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d Epidemiology Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Diet; Laryngeal neoplasms; Smoking; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0030970714     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009072     Document Type: Article

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