Environmental factors and risk of pancreatic cancer

Pancreatology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-8

  Lowenfels, Albert B ^a   Maisonneuve, Patrick ^b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Epidemiology; Occupation; Pancreas cancer; Smoking

Indexed keywords

4 (METHYLNITROSAMINO) 1 (3 PYRIDYL) 1 BUTANONE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; FORMALDEHYDE; NITROSAMINE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COFFEE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0037229975     PISSN: 14243903     EISSN: 14243911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069140     Document Type: Review

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