Cigarette tar yield and risk of upper digestive tract cancers: Case-control studies from Italy and Switzerland

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 209-213

  Gallus, S ^a   Altieri, A ^a   Bosetti, C ^a   Franceschi, S ^b   Levi, F ^c   Negri, E ^a   Dal Maso, L ^d   Conti, E ^e   Zambon, P ^f   La Vecchia, C ^a,g  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^e REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f Registro Tumori del Veneto   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Oesophageal cancer; Oral cancer; Risk factor; Tar yield; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

TAR;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SWITZERLAND; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 0037294666     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdg074     Document Type: Article

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