Revisiting the association between alcohol drinking and oral cancer in nonsmoking and betel quid non-chewing individuals

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Petti, Stefano ^a   Mohd, Masood ^b   Scully, Crispian ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Betel quid; Lifestyle; Oral cancer; Smoking; Stratified analysis

Indexed keywords

BETEL QUID CHEWING; CARCINOGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CARCINOGENICITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERNET; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MOUTH CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARECA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84855846832     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2011.09.009     Document Type: Review

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