A meta-analysis of alcohol drinking and oral and pharyngeal cancers. Part 1: Overall results and dose-risk relation

Oral Oncology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 497-503

  Tramacere, Irene ^a   Negri, Eva ^a   Bagnardi, Vincenzo ^b,c   Garavello, Werner ^a,b   Rota, Matteo ^b   Scotti, Lorenza ^b   Islami, Farhad ^d,e   Corrao, Giovanni ^b   Boffetta, Paolo ^f,g   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,h  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

^g MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Dose risk relation; Meta analysis; Oral and pharyngeal caner; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MOUTH CAVITY; PHARYNX CANCER; PHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77953358249     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.03.024     Document Type: Article

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