Trends in oral, pharyngeal and oesophageal cancer mortality in Australia: The comparative importance of tobacco, alcohol and other risk factors

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 212-219

  Adair, Tim ^a   Hoy, Damian ^a   Dettrick, Zoe ^a   Lopez, Alan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mortality; Oesophageal cancer; Oral cancer; Pharyngeal cancer; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARCINOMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOUTH TUMOR; PHARYNX CANCER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOBACCO; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUSTRALIA; CARCINOMA; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; TOBACCO; VEGETABLES;

EID: 79959866396     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00700.x     Document Type: Article

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