Marijuana use and increased risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1071-1078

  Zhang, Zuo Feng ^a,e   Morgenstern, Hal ^a   Spitz, Margaret R ^b   Tashkin, Donald P ^a   Yu, Guo Pei ^c   Marshall, James R ^d   Hsu, T C ^b   Schantz, Stimson P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COCARCINOGENESIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0033431691     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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