We analysed two case-control studies of women from Italy and Switzerland, including 195 cases of oral and pharyngeal cancers and 1113 controls. The multivariate odds ratio was 4.6 for heavy smokers and 2.7 for high alcohol intake. Vegetables, fruit, beta-carotene and wholegrain foods were inversely, burier and retinol directly, related to risk. (C) 2000 Cancer Research Campaign.

Risk factors for oral and pharyngeal cancer in women: a study from Italy and Switzerland / C., Bosetti; E., Negri; S., Franceschi; E., Conti; F., Levi; Tomei, Francesco; C., La Vecchia. - In: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. - ISSN 0007-0920. - 82:1(2000), pp. 204-207. [10.1054/bjoc.1999.0900]

Risk factors for oral and pharyngeal cancer in women: a study from Italy and Switzerland

TOMEI, Francesco;
2000

Abstract

We analysed two case-control studies of women from Italy and Switzerland, including 195 cases of oral and pharyngeal cancers and 1113 controls. The multivariate odds ratio was 4.6 for heavy smokers and 2.7 for high alcohol intake. Vegetables, fruit, beta-carotene and wholegrain foods were inversely, burier and retinol directly, related to risk. (C) 2000 Cancer Research Campaign.
2000
alcohol drinking; case-control studies; diet; female; oral cancer; smoking
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Risk factors for oral and pharyngeal cancer in women: a study from Italy and Switzerland / C., Bosetti; E., Negri; S., Franceschi; E., Conti; F., Levi; Tomei, Francesco; C., La Vecchia. - In: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. - ISSN 0007-0920. - 82:1(2000), pp. 204-207. [10.1054/bjoc.1999.0900]
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