Interaction between tobacco and alcohol consumption and the risk of cancers of the upper aero-digestive tract in Brazil

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1129-1137

  Schlecht, Nicolas F ^a   Franco, Eduardo L ^a   Pintos, Javier ^a   Negassa, Abdissa ^a   Kowalski, Luiz P ^b   Oliveira, Benedito V ^c   Curado, Maria P ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^c Erasto Gaertner Hospital   (Brazil)

^d Hospital Araujo Jorge   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Case control studies; Epidemiologic methods; Head and neck neoplasms; Larynx; Mouth; Pharynx; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; TOBACCO;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; TOBACCO;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0033485388     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009938     Document Type: Article

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