Alcohol drinking and esophageal cancer risk: An evaluation based on a systematic review of epidemiologic evidence among the Japanese population

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 677-692

  Oze, Isao ^a   Matsuo, Keitaro ^a   Wakai, Kenji ^b   Nagata, Chisato ^c   Mizoue, Tetsuya ^d   Tanaka, Keitaro ^e   Tsuji, Ichiro ^f   Sasazuki, Shizuka ^g   Inoue, Manami ^g   Tsugane, Shoichiro ^g  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Epidemiology; Esophageal cancer; Japanese; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; JAPANESE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79955807759     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyr026     Document Type: Review

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