Chewing areca nut, betel quid, oral snuff, cigarette smoking and the risk of oesophageal squamous-cell carcinoma in South Asians: A multicentre case-control study

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 655-661

  Akhtar, Saeed ^a,b   Sheikh, Adnan A ^b,c   Qureshi, Hammad U ^b,d  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c Countess of Chester Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Areca nut; Betel quid; Cigarette smoking; Oesophagus; Population attributable risk; Smokeless tobacco; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BETEL NUT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKELESS TOBACCO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARECA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858697716     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2011.06.008     Document Type: Article

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