Risk factors for head and neck cancer in young adults: A pooled analysis in the INHANCE consortium

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 169-185

  Toporcov, Tatiana Natasha ^a   Znaor, Ariana ^b   Zhang, Zuo Feng ^c   Yu, Guo Pei ^d,e   Winn, Deborah M ^f   Wei, Qingyi ^g   Vilensky, Marta ^h   Vaughan, Thomas ⁱ   Thomson, Peter ^j   Talamini, Renato ^k   Szeszenia Dabrowska, Neonila ^l   Sturgis, Erich M ^g   Smith, Elaine ^m   Shangina, Oxana ⁿ   Schwartz, Stephen M ⁱ   Schantz, Stimson ^o   Rudnai, Peter ^p   Richiardi, Lorenzo ^q   Ramroth, Heribert ^r   Purdue, Mark P ^f   Olshan, Andrew F ^s   Eluf Neto, José ^a   Muscat, Joshua ^t   Moyses, Raquel Ajub ^a   Morgenstern, Hal ^u   Menezes, Ana ^v   McClean, Michael ^w   Matsuo, Keitaro ^x   Mates, Dana ^y   Macfarlane, Tatiana V ^z   Lissowska, Jolanta ^aa   Levi, Fabio ^ab   Lazarus, Philip ^ac   Vecchia, Carlo La ^ad   Lagiou, Pagona ^ae   Koifman, Sergio ^af   Kjaerheim, Kristina ^ag   Kelsey, Karl ^ah   Holcatova, Ivana ^ai   Herrero, Rolando ^aj   Healy, Claire ^ak   Hayes, Richard B ^al   Franceschi, Silvia ^aj   Fernandez, Leticia ^am   Fabianova, Eleonora ^an   Daudt, Alexander W ^ao   Curioni, Otávio Alberto ^ap   Maso, Luigino Dal ^k   Curado, Maria Paula ^aq   Conway, David I ^ar   Chen, Chu ^bb   Castellsague, Xavier ^as   Canova, Cristina ^at   Cadoni, Gabriella ^au   Brennan, Paul ^ao   Boccia, Stefania ^au   Antunes, José Leopoldo Ferreira ^a   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^av,aw   Agudo, Antonio ^ax   Boffetta, Paolo ^ay   Hashibe, Mia ^az   Lee, Yuan Chin Amy ^ba   Filho, Victor Wünsch ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Croatian National Bank   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

ⁱ USA   (United States)

^j NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^l NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^m UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

ⁿ N N BLOKHIN RUSSIAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^o NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^p NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Hungary)

^q UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^r UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^s University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^t PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^v FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^w BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^x AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^y NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Romania)

^z UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^aa INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^ac WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^af INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^ag CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^ah BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ai CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^aj INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^ak TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^al NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^am INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ONCOLOGÍA Y RADIOBIOLOGÍA   (Cuba)

^an Regional Authority of Public Health in Banska Bystrica   (Slovakia)

^ao HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^ap Secretaria de Estado da Saude de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^aq INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

^ar UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^as HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^at UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^au CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^av LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^aw UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^ax BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^ay MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^az UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^ba UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^bb NONE

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Author keywords

Adult; Alcohol drinking; Diet; Head and neck neoplasms; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL; CANCER; DIET; DRINKING; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MOUTH CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TONGUE CANCER; VEGETABLE; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGISTER;

EUROPE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84924584545     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu255     Document Type: Article

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