Smoking status and subsequent gastric cancer risk in men compared with women: a meta-analysis of prospective observational studies

Abstract Background Smoking is one of the well-established risk factors for gastric cancer incidence, yet whether men are more or equally susceptible to gastric cancer due to smoking compared with women is a matter of controversy. The aim of this study was to investigate and compare the effect of se...

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Main Authors: Wen-Ya Li, Yunan Han, Hui-Mian Xu, Zhen-Ning Wang, Ying-Ying Xu, Yong-Xi Song, Hao Xu, Song-Cheng Yin, Xing-Yu Liu, Zhi-Feng Miao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Sex
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-5601-9