Population based cohort study of the association between alcohol intake and cancer of the upper digestive tract

British Medical Journal

Volumn 317, Issue 7162, 1998, Pages 844-848

  Grønbæk, Morten ^a   Becker, Ulrik ^b   Johansen, Ditte ^a   Tønnesen, Hanne ^b   Jensen, Gorm ^c   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EDUCATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OROPHARYNX CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING HABIT; WINE;

EID: 0032569438     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.317.7162.844     Document Type: Article

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