Population attributable risks of esophageal and gastric cancers

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 95, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 1404-1413

  Engel, Lawrence S ^a,j   Chow, Wong Ho ^a   Vaughan, Thomas L ^b   Gammon, Marilie D ^c   Risch, Harvey A ^d   Stanford, Janet L ^b   Schoenberg, Janet B ^e   Mayne, Susan T ^d   Dubrow, Robert ^d   Rotterdam, Heidrun ^f   West, A Brian ^g   Blaser, Martin ^h   Blot, William J ⁱ   Gail, Mitchell H ^a   Fraumeni Jr , Joseph F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^f Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NITRITE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH ULCER; VEGETABLE; CARDIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; SMOKING; STOMACH TUMOR; UNITED STATES;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARDIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRITES; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; STOMACH ULCER; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0141506127     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djg047     Document Type: Article

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