Recent evidence on alcohol and cancer epidemiology

Future Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1315-1322

  Scoccianti, Chiara ^a   Straif, Kurt ^a   Romieu, Isabelle ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

acetaldehyde; alcohol; cancer; carcinogenesis; drinking; ethanol; mechanism; polymorphism; tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; BEER; BINGE DRINKING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LIVER CANCER; MOUTH CANCER; NEOPLASM; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; SMOKING; WINE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84883284439     PISSN: 14796694     EISSN: 17448301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fon.13.94     Document Type: Review

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