Alcohol - The neglected risk factor in head and neck cancer

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 295-300

  Viswanathan, H ^a   Wilson, J A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Ethanol; Head and neck cancer aetiology; Head and neck cancer epidemiology; Health promotion; Risk factor; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 2; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; PROTEIN P53; RADICAL; RETINOIC ACID;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMORBIDITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; LARYNX CARCINOMA; METABOLITE; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH TUMOR; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 3242786495     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.2004.00830.x     Document Type: Review

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