Allergies and Risk of Head and Neck Cancer: An Original Study plus Meta-Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Hsiao, Jenn Ren ^a   Ou, Chun Yen ^a   Lo, Hung I ^a   Huang, Cheng Chih ^a   Lee, Wei Ting ^a   Huang, Jehn Shyun ^a   Chen, Ken Chung ^a   Wong, Tung Yiu ^a   Tsai, Sen Tien ^a   Yen, Chia Jui ^a   Wu, Yuan Hua ^a   Hsueh, Wei Ting ^a   Yang, Ming Wei ^a   Wu, Shang Yin ^a   Chang, Jang Yang ^a,b   Chang, Kwang Yu ^a,b   Lin, Chen Lin ^a   Wang, Fang Ting ^a   Wang, Yi Hui ^b   Weng, Ya Ling ^b   Yang, Han Chien ^b   Chang, Jeffrey S ^b   more..

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN ALLERGY; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; TUMOR IMMUNITY;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARECA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TAIWAN;

EID: 84873257418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055138     Document Type: Article

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