Relationship between smoking and risk of esophageal cancer in 103 areas in China: A large-scale case-control study incorporated into a nationwide survey of mortality

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 380-385

  Liu, Bo Qi ^a   Jiang, Jing Mei ^b   Chen, Zhen Ming ^b   Chen, Jun Shi ^b   Zhang, Kong Lai ^b   Zeng, Xian Jia ^b   Zhao, Ping ^b   Jillian, Boreham ^b   Wu, Yan Ping ^b   Li, Jun Yao ^b   Richard, Peto ^b  

^a CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Case control study; China; Esophageal neoplasms; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; SMOKING; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33344456884     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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