Tooth loss and lack of regular oral hygiene are associated with higher risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3062-3068

  Abnet, Christian C ^a   Kamangar, Farin ^a   Islami, Farhad ^b,c   Nasrollahzadeh, Dariush ^c   Brennan, Paul ^c   Aghcheli, Karim ^b   Merat, Shahin ^b   Pourshams, Akram ^b   Marjani, Haj Amin ^b   Ebadati, Abdolhakim ^b   Sotoudeh, Masoud ^b   Boffetta, Paolo ^c   Malekzadeh, Reza ^b   Dawsey, Sanford M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH FILLING;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 55849083090     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0558     Document Type: Article

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