Smoking and alcohol drinking increased the risk of esophageal cancer among Chinese men but not women in a high-risk population

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 649-657

  Wu, Ming ^a,b   Zhao, Jin Kou ^a   Zhang, Zuo Feng ^c   Han, Ren Qiang ^a   Yang, Jie ^a   Zhou, Jin Yi ^a   Wang, Xu Shan ^d   Zhang, Xiao Feng ^d   Liu, Ai Min ^e   Van'T Veer, Pieter ^b   Kok, Frans J ^b   Kampman, Ellen ^b  

^a JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Ganyu Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^e Dafeng Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Case control studies; China; Esophageal cancer; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARCINOMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING;

EID: 79955855073     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-011-9737-4     Document Type: Article

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