Risk factors for oral and pharyngeal cancer in women: A study from Italy and Switzerland

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 204-207

  Bosetti, C ^a   Negri, E ^a   Franceschi, S ^b   Conti, E ^c   Levi, F ^d   Tomei, F ^e   La Vecchia, C ^a,f  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^c REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Case control studies; Diet; Female; Oral cancer; Smoking

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BUTTER; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWITZERLAND; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0033988203     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.1999.0900     Document Type: Article

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