## Abstract ## BACKGROUND The incidence of anal cancer has increased among both men (160%) and women (78%) from 1973 to 2000 in the U.S. The authors conducted a populationβbased caseβcontrol study of anal cancer to examine factors that may account for this increase. ## METHODS Men (__n__ = 119 p
Human papillomavirus, smoking, and sexual practices in the etiology of anal cancer
β Scribed by Janet R. Daling; Margaret M. Madeleine; Lisa Godefroy Johnson; Stephen M. Schwartz; Katherine A. Shera; Michelle A. Wurscher; Joseph J. Carter; Peggy L. Porter; Denise A. Galloway; James K. McDougall
- Book ID
- 111700001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 105 KB
- Volume
- 101
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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