Attributable risks for hepatocellular carcinoma in Northern Italy

European Journal of Cancer Part A

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 629-634

  Braga, C ^a   La Vecchia, C ^a,b   Negri, E ^a   Franceschi, S ^c  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

attributable risks; case control studies; liver neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; ITALY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; ITALY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0031008177     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(96)00500-X     Document Type: Article

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