Anatomical subsite discrepancy in relation to the impact of the consumption of alcohol, tobacco and betel quid on esophageal cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1755-1762

  Lee, Chien Hung ^a,b   Wu, Deng Chyang ^c   Lee, Jang Ming ^d   Wu, I Chen ^c   Goan, Yih Gang ^e   Kao, Ein Long ^c   Huang, Hsiao Ling ^b   Chan, Te Fu ^a   Chou, Shah Hwa ^c   Chou, Yi Pin ^e   Ho, Chi Kung ^a   Wu, Ming Tsang ^a,f  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Anatomical subsite; Areca nut; Esophageal neoplasms; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TAIWAN; TOBACCO;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARECA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COCARCINOGENESIS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG SYNERGISM; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TAIWAN;

EID: 33947153896     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22324     Document Type: Article

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