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The burden of cancer attributable to alcohol drinking

  1. Paolo Boffetta1,†,*,
  2. Mia Hashibe1,
  3. Carlo La Vecchia2,
  4. Witold Zatonski3,
  5. Jürgen Rehm4,5

Article first published online: 23 MAR 2006

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21903

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 119, Issue 4, pages 884–887, 15 August 2006

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Boffetta, P., Hashibe, M., La Vecchia, C., Zatonski, W. and Rehm, J. (2006), The burden of cancer attributable to alcohol drinking. Int. J. Cancer, 119: 884–887. doi: 10.1002/ijc.21903

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  1. 1

    International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

  2. 2

    Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri” and University of Milan, Milan, Italy

  3. 3

    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland

  4. 4

    Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada

  5. 5

    WHO Collaboration Centre for Substance Abuse, Zurich, Switzerland

  1. †

    Fax: +33-47273-8320.

*International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 cours Albert Thomas, 69008 Lyon, France

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 1 JUN 2006
  2. Article first published online: 23 MAR 2006
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 5 JAN 2006
  4. Manuscript Received: 30 NOV 2005

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