Relationship between site of oesophageal cancer and areca chewing and smoking in Taiwan.
Among 309 male patients, those who had heavily consumed betel and tobacco were more likely than nonchewers (OR=2.91; 95% CI=1.36-6.25) and nonsmokers (OR=2.49; 95% CI=1.02-6.08) to develop cancer in the upper and middle third of the oesophagus, respectively; the effects of alcohol did not dominate in any third.
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Graduate Institute of Occupational Safety and Health and Department of Occupational Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. mingtsangwu@yahoo.com
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