Socioeconomic status and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma risk in Kashmir, India

Cancer Science

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1231-1236

  Dar, Nazir A ^a,b   Shah, Idrees A ^a   Bhat, Gulzar A ^a   Makhdoomi, Muzamil A ^a   Iqbal, Beenish ^a   Rafiq, Rumaisa ^a   Nisar, Iqra ^a   Bhat, Arshid B ^a   Nabi, Sumaiya ^a   Masood, Akbar ^a   Shah, Sajad A ^a   Lone, Mohd M ^c   Zargar, Showkat A ^c   Islami, Farhad ^b,d   Boffetta, Paolo ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SHER I KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; MOSLEM; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN POPULATION;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84883462014     PISSN: 13479032     EISSN: 13497006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cas.12210     Document Type: Article

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