Enhancing epidemiologic research on head and neck cancer: INHANCE - The international head and neck cancer epidemiology consortium

Oral Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 743-746

  Conway, David I ^a   Hashibe, Mia ^b   Boffetta, Paolo ^b   Wunsch Filho, Victor ^c   Muscat, Joshua ^d   Vecchia, Carlo La ^e   Winn, Deborah M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; EDITORIAL; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; MOUTH CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 68949216415     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2009.02.007     Document Type: Editorial

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