Subsite-specific risk factors for hypopharyngeal and esophageal cancer (Japan)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 597-608

  Takezaki, T ^a   Shinoda, M ^a   Hatooka, S ^a   Hasegawa, Y ^a   Nakamura, S ^a   Hirose, K ^a   Inoue, M ^a   Hamajima, N ^a   Kuroishi, T ^a   Matsuura, H ^a   Tajima, K ^a  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Hypopharyngeal cancer; Japan; Risk factors; Subsite

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIET; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING CESSATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0033894422     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008909129756     Document Type: Article

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