Tobacco and alcohol as risk factors for oesophageal cancer in a high incidence area in South Africa

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2016, Pages 113-121

  Sewram, Vikash ^a   Sitas, Freddy ^b,c,d   O'Connell, Dianne ^b,c,d,e   Myers, Jonny ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Attributable proportion; Oesophageal cancer; Risk factors; South Africa; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BEER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TOBACCO; WINE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; INCIDENCE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84960885034     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2016.02.001     Document Type: Article

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