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The role of type of tobacco and type of alcoholic beverage in oral carcinogenesis

  1. Xavier Castellsagué1,†,*,
  2. Maria Jesús Quintana1,
  3. Maria Carmen Martínez2,
  4. Adoración Nieto3,
  5. Maria José Sánchez2,
  6. Amparo Juan4,
  7. Antoni Monner5,
  8. Marta Carrera6,
  9. Antoni Agudo1,
  10. Miquel Quer7,
  11. Nubia Muñoz8,
  12. Rolando Herrero9,
  13. Silvia Franceschi8,
  14. F. Xavier Bosch1

Article first published online: 7 NOV 2003

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11627

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 108, Issue 5, pages 741–749, 20 February 2004

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Castellsagué, X., Quintana, M. J., Martínez, M. C., Nieto, A., Sánchez, M. J., Juan, A., Monner, A., Carrera, M., Agudo, A., Quer, M., Muñoz, N., Herrero, R., Franceschi, S. and Bosch, F. X. (2004), The role of type of tobacco and type of alcoholic beverage in oral carcinogenesis. Int. J. Cancer, 108: 741–749. doi: 10.1002/ijc.11627

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  1. 1

    Institut Català d'Oncologia, Servei d'Epidemiologia i Registre del Càncer, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

  2. 2

    Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública, Registro de Cáncer de Granada, Campus Universitario la Cartuja, Granada, Spain

  3. 3

    Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Ciencias Sociosanitarias, Sevilla, Spain

  4. 4

    Ciutat Sanitària i Universitària de Bellvitge, Servei d'Otorinolaringologia, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

  5. 5

    Ciutat Sanitària i Universitària de Bellvitge, Servei de Cirurgia Maxil-lofacial,L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

  6. 6

    Ciutat Sanitària i Universitària de Bellvitge, Servei d'Anatomia Patològica, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

  7. 7

    Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Servei d'Otorrinolaringologia, Barcelona, Spain

  8. 8

    Unit of Field and Intervention Studies, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

  9. 9

    Proyecto Epidemiológico Guanacaste, Costa Rican Foundation for Health Sciences, Santa Ana, Costa Rica

  1. †

    Fax: +34-93-2607787

*Institut Català d'Oncologia, Servei d'Epidemiologia i Registre del Càncer, Av. Gran via s/n, Km 2,7, 08907 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 19 DEC 2003
  2. Article first published online: 7 NOV 2003
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 5 AUG 2003
  4. Manuscript Revised: 1 AUG 2003
  5. Manuscript Received: 14 APR 2003

Funded by

  • International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
  • Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias (FIS) of the Spanish Government. Grant Numbers: FIS 97/0024, FIS 97/0662, BAE 01/5013
  • Europe Against Cancer. Grant Number: SOC 96 202489 05F02
  • International Union Against Cancer (UICC)
  • Yamagiwa-Yoshida Memorial International Cancer Study Grant
  • Fundació August Pi i Sunyer (FAPS)
  • Ciutat Sanitària i Universitària de Bellvitge (CSUB), Barcelona, Spain

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