Short-term salivary acetaldehyde increase due to direct exposure to alcoholic beverages as an additional cancer risk factor beyond ethanol metabolism
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>An increasing body of evidence now implicates acetaldehyde as a major underlying factor for the carcinogenicity of alcoholic beverages and especially for oesophageal and oral cancer. Acetaldehyde associated with alcohol consumption i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research |
| Online Access: | http://www.jeccr.com/content/30/1/3 |