Oral Oncology
Volume 40, Issue 9 , Pages 904-909 , October 2004

Wine, beer and spirits and risk of oral and pharyngeal cancer: a case–control study from Italy and Switzerland

  • Andrea Altieri

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, via Eritrea 62, 20157 Milano, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39-02-39014577; fax: +39-02-33200231
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  • Cristina Bosetti

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, via Eritrea 62, 20157 Milano, Italy
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  • Silvano Gallus

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, via Eritrea 62, 20157 Milano, Italy
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  • Silvia Franceschi

      Affiliations

    • International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69732 Lyon, France
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  • Luigino Dal Maso

      Affiliations

    • Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, via Pedemontana Occ., 33081 Aviano (PN), Italy
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  • Renato Talamini

      Affiliations

    • Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, via Pedemontana Occ., 33081 Aviano (PN), Italy
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  • Fabio Levi

      Affiliations

    • Registre Vaudois des Tumeurs, Institut Universitaire de Médecine Sociale et Préventive CHUV, Falaises 1, CH 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Eva Negri

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, via Eritrea 62, 20157 Milano, Italy
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  • Teresa Rodriguez

      Affiliations

    • Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosı́, Av Venustiano Carranza 2405, 78210 San Luis Potosı́, Mexico
    • Dep. de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Pùblica de Navarra, Av Barañain s/n, 31008 Pamplona, Spain
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  • Carlo La Vecchia

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, via Eritrea 62, 20157 Milano, Italy
    • Istituto di Statistica Medica e Biometria, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Venezian 1, 20133 Milano, Italy

Received 30 March 2004 ,Accepted 19 April 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2004.04.005

Oral Oncology
Volume 40, Issue 9 , Pages 904-909 , October 2004

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