Cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption and risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Taiwan

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 201-207

  Cheng, Yu Juen ^a   Hildesheim, Allan ^b   Hsu, Mow Ming ^c   Chen, I How ^d   Brinton, Louise A ^b   Levine, Paul H ^b   Chen, Chien Jen ^a   Yang, Czau Siung ^e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Cigarette smoking; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CIGARETTE SMOKE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINESE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARCINOMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; TAIWAN; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0033063423     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008893109257     Document Type: Article

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