Contact with ruminants is associated with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma risk

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1468-1474

  Nasrollahzadeh, Dariush ^a,b   Ye, Weimin ^a   Shakeri, Ramin ^b   Sotoudeh, Masoud ^b   Merat, Shahin ^b   Kamangar, Farin ^c   Abnet, Christian C ^d   Islami, Farhad ^b,e   Boffetta, Paolo ^e   Dawsey, Sanford M ^d   Brennan, Paul ^f   Malekzadeh, Reza ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Animal contact; Esophageal neoplasm; Relative risk; Risk factors; Ruminants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EQUIDAE; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEIGHBORHOOD; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POULTRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; RISK;

AGED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; RUMINANTS;

EID: 84922247574     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.29109     Document Type: Article

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