Tobacco smoking and alcohol drinking as risk factors for stomach cancer: A case-control study in Uruguay

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 321-329

  De Stefani, Eduardo ^a   Boffetta, Paolo ^b   Carzoglio, Julio ^a   Mendilaharsu, Selika ^a   Deneo Pellegrini, Hugo ^a  

^a Registro Nacional de Cancer Montevideo   (Uruguay)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Gastric cancer; Tobacco; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STOMACH CANCER; URUGUAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; URUGUAY;

EID: 0031854197     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008829321668     Document Type: Article

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