Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine (S. M. Tsai) and School of Nursing (M. S. Yang), Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung; Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine (I. C. Wu, C. Y. Lu), Department of Otolaryngology (K. W. Lee, W. R. Kuo), and Department of Chest Surgery (Y. J. Cheng, E. L. Kao), Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung; Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung (F. C. Kuo); Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Kaohsiung (Y. C. Ko), Taiwan.
Interaction between cigarette, alcohol and betel nut use on esophageal cancer risk in Taiwan
Article first published online: 24 MAR 2006
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2006.01621.x
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Wu, I. C., Lu, C. Y., Kuo, F. C., Tsai, S. M., Lee, K. W., Kuo, W. R., Cheng, Y. J., Kao, E. L., Yang, M. S. and Ko, Y. C. (2006), Interaction between cigarette, alcohol and betel nut use on esophageal cancer risk in Taiwan. European Journal of Clinical Investigation, 36: 236–241. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2006.01621.x
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- Article first published online: 24 MAR 2006
- Received 31 October 2005; accepted 16 January 2006
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