Acetaldehyde level in spirits from Central European countries

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 526-529

  Boffetta, Paolo ^a,b   Kaihovaara, Pertti ^c   Rudnai, Peter ^d   Znaor, Ariana ^e   Lissowska, Jolanta ^f   Swiatkowska, Beata ^g   Mates, Dana ^h   Pandics, Tamas ^d   Salaspuro, Mikko ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Hungary)

^e CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

^f INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^g NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Romania)

Author keywords

acetaldehyde; alcoholic beverages; head and neck cancer

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL; FORMALDEHYDE;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; EUROPE; FRUIT; GRAIN; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CROATIA; ETHANOL; HUMANS; HUNGARY; POLAND; ROMANIA;

EID: 80053650749     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: 14735709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e328348fbe4     Document Type: Article

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