A case-control study of oesophageal cancer was carried out in Trivandrum, Kerala, involving 267 cases and 895 controls. Risk factors studied in males were pan (betel)-tobacco chewing, bidi and cigarette smoking, drinking alcohol and taking snuff. Only pan-tobacco chewing was investigated in females
Betel nut and tobacco chewing; potential risk factors of cancer of oesophagus in Assam, India
β Scribed by Phukan, R K; Ali, M S; Chetia, C K; Mahanta, J
- Book ID
- 111724577
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 64 KB
- Volume
- 85
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-0920
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