Areca users in combination with tobacco and alcohol use are associated with younger age of diagnosed esophageal cancer in Taiwanese men

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Lin, Ming Yen ^a   Chen, Mei Chin ^b   Wu, I Chen ^b,c   Wu, Deng Chyang ^b,c   Cheng, Yu Jen ^c,d   Wu, Chun Chieh ^b   Chai, Chee Yin ^b,c   Lee, Jang Ming ^e   Wu, Ming Tsang ^a,b,c,f  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARECA CHEWING; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING HABIT; TAIWAN; AGE; ARECA; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TOBACCO; VALIDATION STUDY;

ARECA; ARECA CATECHU; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARECA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOBACCO;

EID: 80054785846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025347     Document Type: Article

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