Alcohol consumption and gastric cancer in Mexico Consumo de bebidas alcoólicas e câncer gástrico no México

• Main Authors: Lizbeth López-Carrillo (Author), Malaquías López-Cervantes (Author), Armando Ramírez-Espitia (Author), Celina Rueda (Author), Cielo Fernández-Ortega (Author), Sergio Orozco-Rivadeneyra (Author)
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• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This paper presents an assessment of alcohol consumption, including the popular Mexican liquor tequila, in relation to the incidence of gastric cancer. We conducted a population-based case-control study in Mexico City, with 220 gastric cancer cases and 752 population-based controls. A food frequency...