Alcohol drinking and non-hodgkin lymphoma risk: A systematic review and a meta-analysis

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2791-2798

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

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^f TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Dose risk relation; Meta analysis; Non Hodgkin lymphoma; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868133860     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mds013     Document Type: Review

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