Smoking and the Risk of Upper Aero Digestive Tract Cancers for Men and Women in the Asia-Pacific Region

Smoking and the Risk of Upper Aero Digestive Tract Cancers for Men and Women in the Asia-Pacific Region

Although smoking is an established causal factor for upper aero digestive tract cancer (UADTC), most of the evidence originates from the West. Thus, we analysed data from 455,409 subjects in the Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration. Over a median of around six years follow-up, 371 deaths from U...

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Main Authors: Mark Woodward, Rachel Huxley, Federica Barzi, Il Suh, Xianghua Fang, Akiko Tamakoshi, Konrad Jamrozik, Alireza Ansary-Moghaddam, Alexandra Martiniuk, Tai-Hing Lam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2009-04-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
Cancer of the pharynx
cancer of the larynx
cancer of the esophagus
smoking
alcohol
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/6/4/1358/

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