Alcohol consumption and lung cancer risk in never smokers: A meta-analysis

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2631-2639

  Bagnardi, V ^a,b   Rota, M ^a   Botteri, E ^b,c   Scotti, L ^a   Jenab, M ^d   Bellocco, R ^a,e   Tramacere, I ^f   Pelucchi, C ^f   Negri, E ^f   La vecchia, C ^c,f   Corrao, G ^a   Boffetta, P ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^g MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Lung cancer; Meta analysis; Never smokers

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 82355172694     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdr027     Document Type: Article

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