Alcohol as a Risk Factor for Cancer Burden: A Review

Proceedings of the Zoological Society

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 32-37

  Ghosh, Sudakshina ^a   Guria, Srikanta ^b   Das, Madhusudan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b BARASAT GOVERNMENT COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde; Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH); Aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH); Blood alcohol concentration (BAC); Cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1); Gastric cancer (GC); Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC); Reactive oxygen species (ROS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85034781953     PISSN: 03735893     EISSN: 09746919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12595-014-0134-3     Document Type: Review

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