Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 405-412 , August 2010

Effect of tobacco chewing, tobacco smoking and alcohol on all-cause and cancer mortality: A cohort study from Trivandrum, India

  • Kunnambath Ramadas

      Affiliations

    • Division of Radiation Oncology, Regional Cancer Center, Medical College Campus, Trivandrum 695011, India
    • ,
  • Catherine Sauvaget

      Affiliations

    • Screening Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon 69008, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Screening Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France. Tel.: +33 4 72 73 81 65; fax: +33 4 72 73 85 18.
    • ,
  • Gigi Thomas

      Affiliations

    • Division of Preventive Oncology, Regional Cancer Center, Medical College Campus, Trivandrum 695011, India
    • ,
  • Jean-Marie Fayette

      Affiliations

    • Screening Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon 69008, France
    • ,
  • Somanathan Thara

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cytopathology, Regional Cancer Center, Medical College Campus, Trivandrum 695011, India
    • ,
  • Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan

      Affiliations

    • Screening Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon 69008, France

,Accepted 9 April 2010.

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Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 405-412 , August 2010

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