Alcohol concentration and risk of oral cancer in Puerto Rico

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 157, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 881-887

  Huang, Wen Yi ^a   Winn, Deborah M ^a   Brown, Linda M ^a   Gridley, Gloria ^a   Bravo Otero, Eleuterio ^b   Diehl, Scott R ^c   Fraumeni Jr , Joseph F ^a   Hayes, Richard B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c RUTGERS SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Alcoholic beverages; Hispanic Americans; Mouth neoplasms; Pharynx

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL; CANCER; DRINKING; HEALTH RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIQUID; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; PUERTO RICO; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0038217999     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg055     Document Type: Article

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