Are cohort data on smokeless tobacco use and pancreatic cancer confounded by alcohol use?

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1930-1931

  Nyren O ^a   Lambe, M ^a,b   Ye, W ^a   Adami, H O ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; LETTER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

EID: 79960980478     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdr302     Document Type: Letter

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