Oral Oncology
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 42-46 , January 2000

Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 and glutathione S-transferase M 1 polymorphisms in relation to the risk for oral cancer in Japanese drinkers

  • T Nomura

      Affiliations

    • The First Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tokyo Dental College, 1-2-2 Masago, Mihama-ku, Chiba 261-0011, Japan
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  • H Noma

      Affiliations

    • The First Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tokyo Dental College, 1-2-2 Masago, Mihama-ku, Chiba 261-0011, Japan
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  • T Shibahara

      Affiliations

    • The First Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tokyo Dental College, 1-2-2 Masago, Mihama-ku, Chiba 261-0011, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-43-270-3973
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  • A Yokoyama

      Affiliations

    • National Institute on Alcoholism, Kurihama National Hospital, 5-3-1 Nobi, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa, 239-0841, Japan
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  • T Muramatusu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nueropsychiatry, Keio University, 35 Shinano-cho, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-0016, Japan
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  • T Ohmori

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Municipal Kawasaki Hospital, 12-1 Shinkawadori, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, 210-0013, Japan

Received 23 March 1999 ,Revised 18 May 1999 ,Accepted 18 May 1999.

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