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Relationship between site of oesophageal cancer and areca chewing and smoking in Taiwan

Among 309 male patients, those who had heavily consumed betel and tobacco were more likely than nonchewers (OR=2.91; 95% CI=1.36–6.25) and nonsmokers (OR=2.49; 95% CI=1.02–6.08) to develop cancer in the upper and middle third of the oesophagus, respectively; the effects of alcohol did not dominate i...

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Autores principales: Wu, M-T, Wu, D-C, Hsu, H-K, Kao, E-L, Lee, J-M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2394300/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14520446
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6601251