Combined effect of tobacco smoking and alcohol drinking in the risk of head and neck cancers: a re-analysis of case–control studies using bi-dimensional spline models

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 385-393

  Dal Maso, Luigino ^a   Torelli, Nicola ^b   Biancotto, Elisa ^a   Di Maso, Matteo ^a   Gini, Andrea ^a   Franchin, Gianni ^a   Levi, Fabio ^c   La Vecchia, Carlo ^d   Serraino, Diego ^a   Polesel, Jerry ^a  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol intake; Dose response relationship; Head and neck cancers; Spline models; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWITZERLAND; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DOSE RESPONSE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84927537424     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-015-0028-3     Document Type: Article

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