Areca nut chewing and esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma risk in Asians: A meta-analysis of case-control studies

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 257-265

  Akhtar, Saeed ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Areca nut; Asians; Chewing; Esophagus; Meta analysis; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARECA; ASIA; ASIAN; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETABLE;

ARECA; ASIA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84878830383     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-012-0113-9     Document Type: Review

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