Marijuana use and the risk of lung and upper aerodigestive tract cancers: Results of a population-based case-control study

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1829-1834

  Hashibe, Mia ^a   Morgenstern, Hal ^b   Cui, Yan ^c   Tashkin, Donald P ^d   Zhang, Zuo Feng ^e   Cozen, Wendy ^f   Mack, Thomas M ^f   Greenland, Sander ^e,g  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750521533     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0330     Document Type: Article

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