Using data from a case-control study conducted between 1985 and 1992 in northern Italy on 828 cases of colon cancer, 498 cases of rectal cancer and 2,024 controls in hospital for acute, non-neoplastic, non-digestive tract disorders, we estimated the percent population attributable risk (PAR) for col
Risk factors for esophageal cancer in women in northern italy
β Scribed by Alessandra Tavani; Eva Negri; Silvia Franceschi; Carlo La Vecchia
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 555 KB
- Volume
- 72
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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