How the risk of liver cancer changes after alcohol cessation: A review and meta-analysis of the current literature

BMC Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Heckley, Gawain A ^a,b   Jarl, Johan ^a,b   Asamoah, Benedict O ^b   G Gerdtham, Ulf ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; META ANALYSIS; PUBLISHING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; LIVER TUMOR; REVIEW;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 80053925529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-11-446     Document Type: Article

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