Effect of tobacco chewing, tobacco smoking and alcohol on all-cause and cancer mortality: A cohort study from Trivandrum, India

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 405-412

  Ramadas, Kunnambath ^a   Sauvaget, Catherine ^b   Thomas, Gigi ^a   Fayette, Jean Marie ^b   Thara, Somanathan ^a   Sankaranarayanan, Rengaswamy ^b  

^a Regional Cancer Center   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Developing country; Environmental factors; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIETARY INTAKE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 77955087869     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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