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Independent and combined effects of tobacco smoking, chewing and alcohol drinking on the risk of oral, pharyngeal and esophageal cancers in Indian men

  1. Ariana Znaor1,
  2. Paul Brennan1,†,*,
  3. Vendhan Gajalakshmi2,
  4. Aleyamma Mathew3,
  5. Viswanathan Shanta4,
  6. Cherian Varghese3,
  7. Paolo Boffetta1

Article first published online: 25 MAR 2003

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11114

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 105, Issue 5, pages 681–686, 10 July 2003

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Znaor, A., Brennan, P., Gajalakshmi, V., Mathew, A., Shanta, V., Varghese, C. and Boffetta, P. (2003), Independent and combined effects of tobacco smoking, chewing and alcohol drinking on the risk of oral, pharyngeal and esophageal cancers in Indian men. Int. J. Cancer, 105: 681–686. doi: 10.1002/ijc.11114

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  1. 1

    International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

  2. 2

    Epidemiological Research Center, Chennai, India

  3. 3

    Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Regional Cancer Center, Trivandrum, India

  4. 4

    Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, India

  1. †

    Fax: +33-4-72 73 8320

*Unit of Environmental Cancer Epidemiology, International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 cours Albert-Thomas, 69372 Lyon cedex 08, France

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