Poor oral health is associated with an increased risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma - a population-based case-control study in China

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 626-635

  Chen, Xingdong ^a,b,c   Yuan, Ziyu ^b,c   Lu, Ming ^c,d   Zhang, Yuechan ^b   Jin, Li ^b,c   Ye, Weimin ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Case control study; esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; oral hygiene; risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; TOOTH BRUSHING; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84998772502     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.30484     Document Type: Article

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