Alcohol-containing Mouthwashes and Oropharyngeal Cancer: A Spurious Association due to Underascertainment of Confounders?
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Alcohol-containing mouthwashes and oropharyngeal cancer: a spurious association due to underascertainment of confounders?
Recently it has been suggested that the use of alcohol-containing mouthwashes may increase the risk of oropharyngeal cancer. Heavy alcohol intake and tobacco use are established causes of oropharyngeal cancer. Their use is associated with mouthwash use. In addition, alcohol and tobacco use both tend to be underreported. Here the authors show that, under the hypothesis that mouthwash does not in...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0002-9262,1476-6256
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008886